Across
- 3. Eastern ______ Christianity Christian branch from Byzantium
- 7. capital city of the Byzantine Empire
- 9. leader of the Catholic Church
- 10. ______ diffusion spread of ideas and culture
- 11. noble who owned land
- 12. land based loyalty system
- 15. rising prices & weaker money
- 16. foreign soldiers hired to fight
- 17. spread of power to local lords
- 18. peasant tied to the land
Down
- 1. ______ Church major medieval Christian institution
- 2. Justinian _____ written collection of Roman laws
- 4. canon ___ rules of the Catholic Church
- 5. one tenth tax to the Church
- 6. Byzantine ______ eastern continuation of Rome
- 8. person who served a lord
- 9. ___ corruption abuse of power by leaders
- 13. attacks by outside groups
- 14. religious center of learning