Across
- 2. = The dominant social system in medieval Europe
- 4. DEATH = Aka the Black Plague, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351
- 5. = A member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul, France, and controlled much of Western Europe
- 8. = An agricultural laborer bound by the feudal system and tied to working on his lord's estate
- 9. = A large country house with land
- 10. CLASS = The social group which includes professional and business people and their families
- 11. LAW = The part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial standard rather than acts
- 13. = A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants
- 15. CORPUS = A court order requiring a person under arrest to understand the charges brought against them
- 16. = In the UK, the highest legislature consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
- 17. STYLE = An agriculture style that included the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttresses
- 21. ROMAN EMPIRE = An empire consisting primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories
- 23. = The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region
- 25. = Connected with gods or dedicated to a religion purpose and so deserving worship
- 26. = A person or country in a subordinate position to another
- 27. = The system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities based on Aristotelian logic and the writing of the early Christian fathers and emphasizing tradition and belief
Down
- 1. = An estate of land, especially when held on condition of feudal service of fees
- 3. = The action of officially excluding someone from participating in the sacraments and the services of the Christian Church
- 6. = A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
- 7. = A male poet and singer who traveled into the country
- 8. = Not connected with the religious or spiritual matters
- 12. = Medieval, aka Middle Ages, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century, followed from to the age of discovery
- 14. = A man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor
- 16. SUPREMACY = The supreme and universal power of the pope, which he can always exercise over the Roman Catholic Church
- 18. = A series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims, Moors, who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century
- 19. = The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code
- 20. = A period of prolonged and intense questioning, which may include torture used by Roman Catholic Church in Spain
- 22. CARTA = The great charter of English liberties brought by the barons and forced King John to sign in 1215
- 24. FARMER = A person who farms rented land