Across
- 4. This group of people are at the very bottom of the Pyramid of Power and are not allowed to freely leave the land
- 6. This man became king in 768 CE and reigned for 46 years
- 9. A system based on promises between a lord and his vassals
- 10. The nickname of Charles Martel
- 12. This person promises to fight for a lord
- 13. The period between the ancient times and modern times
- 14. This group of people was also known as lords or counts
Down
- 1. The treaty of Verdun split Charlemagne's empire into how many parts?
- 2. Leo III established the idea that only this person could crown an emperor
- 3. the name of the large estates owned by a knight or lord
- 5. parcels of land given to vassals
- 7. Charlemagne believed this was necessary for all to unite his kingdom
- 8. the person at the top of the Pyramid of Power
- 9. Clovis I was the leader of this group of people who tried to unite Germanic tribes after the fall of Rome
- 11. The Middle Ages occurred after the fall of what empire?