Middle Ages

6. knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land who was called a Vassal
10. large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia
11. who fought on horseback
14. language of ordinary people
15. Ages/A period that lasted from about 500 to about 1500
16. Document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights
18. long series of wars between Christians and Muslims
19. Death/A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

1. landowners who controlled Roman government and society
2. nobles
3. Captivity/Period during the 1300s when the Popes were influenced by the French Monarchy to reside in Avignon
4. Land/The region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died
5. men who lived apart from society in isolated communities
7. officials
8. who were tied to the land on which they lived
9. lawmaking branch that governs England
12. name for the middle ages
13. this system of promises that governed the relationship between lords and vassals
17. Carta/Communities of monks