Across
- 2. They were religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities.
- 4. the Conqueror He sailed into England and defeated the English king in a battle near the Hastings.
- 8. of Aquitaine She was a lady who had a great amount of political power.
- 9. Was a monk from Italy who created a set of rules in the in the early 500’s.
- 10. were warriors who fought on horses.
- 12. A short, three-line poem with 17 syllables.
- 14. He was a brilliant warrior and a very powerful king. He also led the Franks to build a huge empire.
- 15. The first missionary to travel to Northern Europe.
- 16. is a period that lasted from about 500 to about 1500 A.D.
- 17. The Europeans called their code of honorable behavior for knights.
Down
- 1. is the large estate owned by a knight or a lord.
- 3. is a worker who was tied to the land n which they lived on.
- 5. is another name for the Middle Ages.
- 6. It refers to the shape and elevation of land in a region.
- 7. The communities that Monks lived in.
- 8. The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.
- 11. Historians call the system of promises that governed the relationship between the vassal and the lord.
- 13. a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land.