Across
- 7. a wealthy, town-dwelling merchant during the Middle Ages
- 8. the religious leaders who oversee ceremonies and deliver teachings of the Christian Church
- 11. became the Frankish king in 768 and unite all of the Germanic kingdoms (page 602)
- 13. in 1337 Edward invaded France to claim the throne pushing England and France into a long war(three words no space)
- 14. another commonly known name for the Medieval Period (two words no space)
- 17. Christian kings began a long war that set out to drive out the Muslims off the peninsula(page 618)
- 19. a system of law established in England to make sure people received equal treatment
- 22. the technical name for the "Black Death", an illness that swept through Europe and killed many(two words-no space/use page 623)
- 23. a person, usually a lesser nobleman, who received land and protection from a feudal lord in exchange for obedience and service
- 24. another word for farming
Down
- 1. a group of representatives who shared power with the English monarch
- 2. a weapon that allowed archers to fire arrows
- 3. a period in history that spanned from the 500 A.D.s to the 1500s
- 4. in 1096, Christian armies set off to fight a series of wars to reclaim the Holy Land(page 618)
- 5. a code of conduct for knights
- 6. document from the colonies sent to England to outline individual rights(page 616)
- 9. to change one’s religion
- 10. a political and social system in which a vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service
- 12. a warrior in medieval Europe
- 15. a person who lived and worked on the private land of a noble or medieval lord
- 16. a nobleman who received land from a king in medieval feudal society
- 18. court that set out to punish Christians (page 619)
- 20. a self-contained world located on a land belonging to a lord
- 21. a towering church built during the Middle Ages; often the place from which a bishop ruled