Across
- 6. small parts of land given to lords and knights
- 7. highest level of pyramid
- 9. warriors of europe, wore armor
- 11. the fall of the _____ empire led to the Middle Ages in Europe
- 13. small creatures that bite people causing them to get sick
- 15. important city that was fought over in the holy land
- 18. local church leaders
- 20. farmers of the middle ages, had few rights
- 21. group that the christians fought against in the holy wars
- 23. "the great charter" signed by king john which showed that kings didn't have complete power
- 25. large rodents that carried the sickness
- 27. this was the largest of the germanic tribes and Charlemagne was thier king
- 28. code that knights had to follow, rules where they had to protect others and defend people
Down
- 1. land owned by the king
- 2. power that the church had where they could exclude people from the church and salvation
- 3. became the "holy roman emperor"
- 4. Class structure that dominated most of Europe during the Middle Ages
- 5. nordic invaders from sweden and denmark who raided parts of Europe
- 8. trademen groups that protected crafts in cities
- 10. important battle where the Franks defeated the muslims in 732
- 12. This term means middle age in Latin
- 14. series of wars fought over the holy land
- 16. these were places that peasants went to after the crusades
- 17. Viking god of creation
- 19. This is another name for the Middle Ages "hint: it was not light but _____"
- 20. leader of the catholic church
- 22. farmers that were tied to the land and could not leave
- 24. sickness that killed millions of people in europe during the middle ages
- 26. Viking god of thunder
- 29. second highest level of pyramid