Across
- 1. A period of European history that lasted from the 500 until 1500
- 4. A holder of land on condition of homage and allegiance
- 7. Germanic tribe that invaded Rome that was led by Attilla
- 10. Soldiers who fight for money
- 13. War that is religiously motivated
- 14. One of the strongest German tribes in Western Europe whose king was Charlemagne
- 15. Religious community of monks or nuns living in seclusion under religious vows
- 18. Treaty by Charlemagne's grandsons that split the Empire into three separate regions
- 19. Father of Charlemagne
- 22. Officially exclude someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church
- 23. Shaped the way that knights were supposed to behave
- 24. Not requiring any aid, support, or interaction for survival
- 27. A disease transmitted by fleas on rats
- 28. Warriors who served their daiymo
Down
- 2. The power to appoint high church officials
- 3. Military and political leader of Japan
- 5. King of the Franks
- 6. Mayor who came into power and expanded the Frank Empire
- 8. People who lived and worked on land owned by others
- 9. Religious ceremonies
- 11. Land granted by a lord to a vassal
- 12. Lord's estate including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's manor house
- 16. Group of invaders who took over the western Roman Empire
- 17. Warrior on horseback who promised to defend his lord’s land in exchange for a fief
- 20. Warrior code in Japan
- 21. Economic part of feudalism where all aspects of life were centered on the lord’s manor
- 25. A political and social system in which land owners or lords gave land and protection to people in return for their service to the land owner
- 26. Church officials