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5. Communities of monks
10. French noble who defeated England, brought feudalism to Britain
11. a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
12. king of the Franks, brilliant warrior, strong leader
14. the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
15. Governed the relationship between lords and vassals
16. From the Latin word for “middle age
17. Italian monk who created a set of rules for monks to follow

1. A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state
2. Period that lasted from 500 to 1500
3. Religious men who lived apart from society
4. Ruled Aquitaine, was queen of France and later England
6. Christian saint, converted people of Ireland to Christianity
7. Workers tied to the land on which they lived
8. Shape and elevation of land in a region
9. Promised to support a lord in exchange for land
13. Land mass that includes Europe and Asia