Across
- 3. Fall of Roman empire to beginning of modern world, loss of inventions, advances, and a strong central government.
- 4. Kings, lords, knights, and high church officials who own most land.
- 7. Dedicates lives to serving God and Church, they are men that pray, study, and live in monasteries.
- 8. Political and economic system where in return for services, lords give less powerful nobles land.
Down
- 1. German king, crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope, improving government, education, and the spread of Catholicism.
- 2. Contributes labor and food for lords protection, while living in small homes with dirt floors, straw roofs, and farm animals inside their home, but are also able to leave.
- 4. Women who dedicate their lives to serving God and church, praying, sewing, teaching young girls, and caring for the poor.
- 5. Center of community to practice your religion, help others in need, and celebrate.
- 6. Noble who has received land.
- 8. A gift of land.
- 9. Castle with villages and churches in the middle of a fief and surrounding farmland.