Crossword Vocab #9 - Learning Contract

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  1. 2. The practice of charging an interest on loans, once considered sinful by the Church.
  2. 3. Being focused on worldly (non-religious) matters instead of spiritual ones.
  3. 11. A political, social, and economical system where landowners gave land to vassals in return for their loyalty and service.
  4. 12. This is the knight’s code of honor that includes character traits such as bravery, loyalty, and protecting the weak and others.
  5. 14. A very long war between England and France over land and royal claims (1337–1453).
  6. 15. A group of Germanic tribes who settled in England after the fall of the Roman Empire.
  7. 16. A nomadic people from Central Asia which created a vast empire under leaders like Genghis Khan.
  8. 17. A document signed in 1215 that would limit the English king’s power and give rights to the nobles.
  9. 21. A certain group from Northern Europe who had invaded the Roman Empire and eventually had shaped the entire medieval Europe.
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  1. 1. Is related to the Middle Ages and was the time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance.
  2. 2. Describing the perfect or ideal society which isn’t reality.
  3. 4. A specific legal system based on tradition, court decisions, and customs instead of very meticulous written laws.
  4. 5. A large estate owned by a lord which would include farms, villages, and the people who lived there.
  5. 6. A person who is a peasant and would work on the lord’s land and would not be able to leave.
  6. 7. Inquisition A Catholic court in Spain used to find and punish people who had practiced other religions.
  7. 8. A nomadic group from Eastern Europe who had invaded parts of Europe and would later settle in Hungary.
  8. 9. Brutal religious wars where European Christians tried to retake the Holy Land from Muslims that had taken it.
  9. 10. A wealthy person who had supported artists, writers, or scholars with money.
  10. 11. A powerful Germanic tribe that formed a strong kingdom in Western Europe and was ruled by Charlemagne.
  11. 13. A type of person who pledges loyalty and military service to a higher lord for exchange of land.
  12. 14. Belief in human potential, education, and achievements sparked by the Renaissance.
  13. 18. Death An extremely deadly plague that spread through Europe in the 1300s and killed millions.
  14. 19. A piece of land given by a lord to a vassal for his service to the land.
  15. 20. A period of a restarted interest in art, learning, and classical ideas, starting in Italy.