Across
- 5. early inhabitants of Britain known for their appearance in battle (they dyed their bodies blue) and their pagan religion
- 7. a nation-state that includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 8. missionary to Britain commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great in 597; converted Ethelbert, King of Kent, to Christianity and became the first archbishop of Canterbury
- 9. (ruled 1189-1199) known as the Lionheart; spent most of reign waging war in Holy Land.
- 10. (1066) a decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Anglo-Saxons to take England
- 12. a guarantee that legal proceedings will be fairly and consistently administered before punishments are enforced
- 14. powerful English noble who was made king of England after Edward the Confessor's death; the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
- 16. an island consisting of England, Scotland, and Wales
- 17. Viking leader who became king of England in 1016, ruling England, Denmark, and Norway as an entire empire
- 21. a group of islands (two main islands) off the northwestern coast of Europe; includes the United Kingdom and Ireland
- 22. (1215) document that limited the king's ability to tax English nobles and that guaranteed due process and a right to trial by jury
- 23. (ruled 1199-1216) raised taxes and punished enemies without a trial; he is best known for being forced to sign the Magna Carta
Down
- 1. a record of all of the people and property (land and livestock) in England, recorded by a census under William the Conqueror in 1086
- 2. (rule 1066-1087) duke of Normandy who became the first Norman king of England
- 3. (1337-1453) war fought between France and England for control of the French throne and English-owned land in French; French victory
- 4. (1455-1485) wars between two groups of English nobles for control of England; the House of Lancaster (red roses) defeated the House of York (white roses) and the Tudor dynasty began
- 6. (lived 1412-1431) French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English; captured and executed by the British
- 11. (849-899) king of Wessex who defeated the invading Danes and became the first King of the Anglo-Saxons
- 13. guilt or innocence is decided by a group of peers rather than a king or a judge
- 15. Celtic priests and judges who conducted religious ceremonies, which included human sacrifice
- 18. A kingdom of the German Saxons and Angles united under King Alfred the Great in the late 9th century
- 19. a country in the south of Great Britain and which is a part of the United Kingdom
- 20. Christian missionary to the Celts in Ireland in the latter half of the 5th Century