Across
- 2. rodent plague vector
- 4. peninsula containing Sweden and Denmark
- 6. Asian center of silk production
- 7. English capital
- 8. cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper, for example
- 10. knight who "took the cross" undertaking armed pilgrimage
- 12. powerful French province; origin of William I's invasion
- 15. animal fat, used to make candles
- 16. strong nation-state created on the Iberian peninsula
Down
- 1. French capital, home to first university in northern Europe
- 3. Island south of Italy; on crusading routes
- 5. Becket was archbishop of this English religious center
- 9. ___________ Sea; body of water bordering Constantinople
- 11. northern Italian city, home to university for law studies
- 13. Irish city; Viking trading center
- 14. group blamed for the Black Death and the death of Jesus