Across
- 2. Things that are not religious; ""worldly"" power (like a King's laws)."
- 5. A social/political system based on the exchange of land for loyalty and military service.
- 6. A method used by the manor to rotate crops between fields each season as to not dry out the soil of nutrients.
- 9. A personal ban from the Church; being ""kicked out"" of heaven and society."
- 12. A series of holy wars to reclaim the Holy Land (Jerusalem).
- 14. The code of honorable conduct followed by knights.
Down
- 1. Producing everything needed (food, tools, clothes) within the manor.
- 3. The spreading of ideas, goods, and tech from the Middle East to Europe.
- 4. Sacred rituals (like baptism/marriage) needed to reach heaven.
- 5. The piece of land granted to a vassal by a lord.
- 7. A peasant legally ""bound to the land""; not a slave, but not free to leave.
- 8. The supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church; the ""Global Admin."
- 10. The economic system of the Middle Ages centered on the lord's estate (manor).
- 11. Someone who receives the land from a lord.
- 13. A tax equal to 10% of a person’s income paid to the Church.