Across
- 5. People who could not lawfully leave the place they were born.
- 6. Germanic people who lived in Gaul.
- 9. A church tax, represented one-tenth of a person's income.
- 10. Worldly.
- 12. A family that ruled the Franks from 751 to 987, began by Pepin the Short.
- 13. An area of land granted by a lord.
Down
- 1. Pepin the Short's son, who took over in 771. Also known as Charles the Great.
- 2. The person receiving a piece of land.
- 3. A landowner.
- 4. Mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lord's lands in exchange for fiefs.
- 7. The medieval period.
- 8. The lord's estate.
- 11. Religious communities built by the Church.