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- 4. What percentage of the population lived as peasants in the Middle Ages?
- 6. What term comes from the Latin phrase medium aevum?
- 9. Introduced a specific system in the 9th Century. Was also King of the Franks.
- 10. What was another name for a peasant?
- 11. The __________ rack was used as a punishment for harsher crimes.
- 12. What name was given to a series of military campaigns fought between the Christians and the Muslims for the Holy Land?
- 14. Another name created by the Catholic Church for Sunday.
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- 1. A form of trial in which a person would fight a “champion” to prove their innocence or guilt.
- 2. A form of tax where 10% of earnings or crops was paid to the Catholic Church.
- 3. Which system was created in the 9th Century to organise land use and to control the people?
- 5. The act of planning/doing something disloyal to the king or queen. Also referred to the murder of someone on a higher level in the social scale.
- 7. The _____ ____ of the Catholic Church is the system of laws and regulations which were enforced by authorities of the Church.
- 8. Which disease in the Late Middle Ages caused a 50% decrease in the European population?
- 13. A court system that dealt with major crimes such as murder and burglary.