Across
- 2. a person who writes music
- 5. showing poor manners and bad taste; crude
- 7. In the Middle Ages, most people survived by _______
- 10. needing no help from others to live or survive
- 12. an offer of marriage
- 13. to return to the way things used to be
- 17. something that provides what is needed to grow and live
- 20. Benedict’s rules were called ____________________
- 26. strong loyalty to a cause or belief
- 28. a group of countries controlled by a single authority
- 29. a male noble who rules a small territory
- 32. a hole dug deep into the ground to get water
- 33. safety, freedom from danger
- 35. an agreement to stop fighting
- 39. payment for the release of a prisoner
- 41. a person who defeats an opponent or enemy winner
- 42. a raised canal that carries water from one place to another
- 45. a school where advanced learning is taught
- 48. gradual loss of importance and power
- 49. cleanliness
- 50. an area of land
Down
- 1. the activity of fighting a war
- 3. the activities of a leader or ruler running a government
- 4. ________________ trained from an early age to become monks and nuns.
- 6. an improvement
- 8. a person who cures the sick
- 9. a person of low social rank, usually a farmer or unskilled worker
- 11. an image in one’s mind or imagination that others cannot see
- 14. the animals kept on a farm
- 15. a series of rulers who are all from the same family
- 16. a large country house and its surrounding land
- 18. the leader of a monastery
- 19. be judged guilty or innocent in a court of law
- 21. money collected from citizens by the government
- 22. a group of businessmen who control a certain craft
- 23. a king or queen
- 24. to return to strength; to “bring back to life”
- 25. a handwoven wall hanging that may depict people and/or a scene
- 27. a long and bitter argument
- 28. an area of land or property
- 30. not advanced socially or culturally
- 31. a relative who lived a long time ago
- 34. At its height, the Roman Empire covered parts of ________
- 36. a legal promise
- 37. evidence of events from the past
- 38. the sacred writings of a religion
- 40. the leader of a monastery
- 43. a legal process used to decide if a person is guilty or innocent
- 44. powerful families that held fiefs and titles
- 46. a person or group that comes into a country by force
- 47. the bottom of a fireplace