Across
- 4. a community that shares a government and sometimes a common language and culture
- 6. a system of government in Europe during the Middle Ages, in which Kings and Queens had the most power, followed by nobles, knights and peasants
- 10. years between ancient and modern times from about 500-1500 CE
- 12. several military expeditions between 1095 and 1272 AD,supported by Catholic Church, to win back the holy lands from the Turks
- 15. an paid worker who is being taught in a craft
- 16. persons ordained to perform certain religious duties
- 17. a woman who takes the vows of a particular religious order and often lives in a convent with other nuns
- 20. able to supply one’s own needs
- 21. a large estate, often including a village and farmlands, ruled by a lord
- 23. a person who teaches a religion to people with different beliefs
- 24. an agreement between King John of England and his nobles and clergy in which the king’s power over his nobles was limited
Down
- 1. man who received land and titles in exchange for serving a lord or a king or a soldier
- 2. a man who lives in a monastery with other men and follows the practices of a religious order
- 3. a man who promised to be loyal to a landowner, who in return gave him a share of the land, called a fief
- 5. a contagious and often deadly disease spread from animals to humans
- 7. the leader of the Roman Catholic church
- 8. a king or queen who is absolute leader
- 9. a council that advised the English king or queen in government matters
- 11. an association of all the people in a town or village who practiced a certain trade
- 13. a person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times
- 14. a community where monks live, study and preach
- 18. to expel or prevent someone from taking part in Church life
- 19. a community of nuns
- 22. the noble qualities that Knights were to have: bravery, loyalty and doing heroic deeds to win the love of a worthy women