The Middle Ages
Across
- 2. a man who is the member of a devoted religious community
- 4. the Islamic leader during the second and third crusades
- 5. the castle and estate of a feudal lord
- 6. a strong central government ruled by a king or a queen
- 8. a group of people who have been ordained for religious service
- 9. the eastern empire that rose to power after the fall of the Roman Empire
- 11. a member of the lowest feudal class
- 12. the main religion across Europe during the Middle Ages
- 13. the male ruler in a monarchy
- 15. the act that deprives someone of membership in the church
- 19. a picture or representation of a sacred Christian person
- 22. any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims
- 25. the physical remains of a saint
- 26. a follower of the Islamic religion
- 27. the Holy Land fought over in the crusades
- 28. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- 29. a large building specially designed to provide shelter from attacks
- 31. one who publicly disagrees with the accepted beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
- 33. some who belonged to a hereditary class with high social or political status
- 34. the buying and selling of goods and services
- 37. an extreme food shortage
Down
- 1. an expression of public honour or respect
- 3. the male leader of a family or tribe
- 4. the deliverance of the soul from the penalties of sin
- 7. an estate of land held on condition of feudal service
- 8. capital city of the Eastern Byzantine Empire
- 10. the political, military, and social system based on the ownership of land and the resulting relationship between lord and vassal
- 13. a man who served as a mounted soldier in armor
- 14. a highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease
- 16. an extravagant building used for worship
- 17. a heavy club with a metal head and spikes used by knights in battle
- 18. a reward from a religious figure for displaying piety and doing good deeds
- 20. a formal separation within a Christian church
- 21. armor made of small metal rings linked together
- 23. an association of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, and artisans
- 24. the ruler of an empire
- 30. a tenth of one’s income contributed voluntarily to a church
- 32. one who is an unbeliever in respect of some religion, especially Christianity or Islam
- 35. the animals commonly thought to be responsible for spreading the plague
- 36. an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law