The Middle Ages
Across
- 2. series of battles between England and France over control of the French throne
- 5. where the lord and his knights lived; usually on a hilltop to make it easier to defend
- 6. warriors who fought on horseback in exchange for land
- 8. church officials who perform religious services
- 10. a political and social system where a powerful lord would offer protection in return for service
- 12. king of the Franks and crown Holy Roman Emperor by the pope
- 14. the code of honorable behavior for medieval knights
Down
- 1. the act of removing a person from membership in the church
- 3. worker tied to the land on which they lived
- 4. religious men who lived in monasteries
- 5. having to do with the middle ages
- 7. Germanic people who held power in Gaul
- 8. a series of military expeditions launched by Christian Europeans to win back the Holy Land from Muslin control
- 9. land owned by a lord
- 11. another name for a king or queen
- 13. a deadly disease that spread throughout Europe and killed nearly half the population