Middle Ages

1. the sacred rites of the church
2. holy war
3. a type of peasant that could only leave the manor when given permission
7. the artistic decoration of books
12. empire of west central Europe from 962 to 1806, comprising present day Germany and neighboring lands
16. the name for the churches own body of law
17. another name for the middle ages
18. monks who did not live in isolated monasteries
19. lesser lords who pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord

1. a method used to resolve conflict between faith and reason
2. legal system based on custom and court rulings and was for all people
4. the era of "rebirth" of learning in Europe
5. a church court set up to try people of heresy
6. a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords
8. a group of men sworn to speak the truth
9. a treaty that agreed that the church had the sole power to elect and invest bishops with spiritual authority
10. a book that listed every cattle, field, and pigpen in England to help William and his successors build an efficient system of tax collecting
11. everyday languages of ordinary people such as French, German, and Italian
13. a body that had representatives from all three estates or classes
14. authority over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors
15. the fall of what empire marked the start of the middle ages