Ch. 8 The Rise Of Europe

4. peasants in Western Europe who paid rent for their land
7. a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty
10. written document issued by a King giving a town certain rights and privileges
11. referring to the Middle Ages in Europe
12. sacred rite of the Church
15. penalty administered by the Church where you could not receive the sacraments or Christian burial
17. noble who served as a mounted warrior for a lord
18. having to do with worldly instead of religious matters
19. code of conduct for knights
20. peasant bound to the lord's land
21. a lord's estate

1. associations of like occupations that promoted the interests of their occupation
2. law a body of laws developed by the medieval Christian Church
3. exchange of pledges between lords and vassals
4. a Church tax equal to 1/10th of a persons income
5. loosely organized system of government during the Middle Ages
6. popes' claim of authority over secular rulers
8. a monk who did not live in isolated monasteries but traveled Europe preaching
9. prejudice against the Jews
11. government officials sent out by Charlemagne to check on his empire and see that justice was done
13. wandering poets
14. an estate granted by a lord to a vassal as part of a feudal contract
16. a group of citizens between nobles and peasants
19. money for investment