Vocab #9 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. peasant legally tied to a lord’s land who worked in exchange for protection
  2. 8. court system created to find and punish people accused of heresy in Spain
  3. 10. Central Asian nomadic group that created a massive empire under Genghis Khan
  4. 11. groups of people from northern Europe who helped invade and weaken the Roman Empire
  5. 12. lending money and charging high interest rates
  6. 15. document signed in 1215 limiting the power of the English king
  7. 18. code of honor and behavior followed by knights
  8. 19. describing an ideal or perfect society
  9. 20. nomadic invaders from Hungary who attacked parts of Europe during the Middle Ages
  10. 21. relating to the Middle Ages
  11. 22. Renaissance belief focusing on human potential education and achievements
  12. 23. wealthy supporter of artists writers or scholars
  13. 24. legal system based on customs and court decisions applied equally to everyone
Down
  1. 1. Germanic people who built a powerful kingdom in western Europe
  2. 2. land granted to a vassal by a lord in the feudal system
  3. 3. long conflict between England and France over control of French land
  4. 4. not connected to religion or the church
  5. 6. self-sufficient estate owned by a lord where peasants and serfs lived and worked
  6. 7. Germanic groups that settled in England after the fall of Rome
  7. 9. medieval system where land was exchanged for loyalty and protection
  8. 13. noble who received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and military service
  9. 14. deadly disease spread by fleas and rats that killed millions in Europe
  10. 16. period of renewed interest in art learning and classical ideas after the Middle Ages
  11. 17. religious wars fought by Christians to regain the Holy Land from Muslims