Across
- 2. this group held great social influence without political power
- 5. the economic system of a feudal society
- 8. the categorization of a group of people based on status, money, etc.
- 9. after the fall of Rome people began living in these places for protection
- 11. a grant of land from a king or lord to a vassal
- 12. groups of people that invaded Europe and the Roman Empire
- 13. the political and social system of the middle ages
- 14. a duty or commitment
Down
- 1. an honorable and polite code of conduct
- 3. someone who fights to protect his lord and land
- 4. someone who is given land in return for loyalty
- 6. loyalty or faithfullness to a person, cause or belief
- 7. the head of the heirarchy
- 9. after the Roman empire fell Europe enter the era known as the ___
- 10. the poorest peasants, bound to the land