Across
- 2. religious wars to capture the Holy Land
- 4. a Renaissance belief focusing on human potential and achievements
- 6. Law, a legal system based on court decisions and customs
- 8. land given to a vassal by a lord
- 11. Inquisition, a church court in Spain that punished people accused of heresy
- 12. non-religious or separate from religion
- 13. charging high interest on loans
- 14. a lord’s estate that included villages and farmland
- 15. Death, a deadly plague that killed millions in Europe
- 17. relating to the Middle Ages
- 18. Tribes, groups of people in ancient Europe who helped bring down the Roman Empire
- 19. nomadic raiders who later settled in what is now Hungary
- 22. a rebirth of art, learning, and culture in Europe
- 23. describing an ideal, perfect society
Down
- 1. a Germanic people who built a strong kingdom in Western Europe
- 3. early Germanic settlers who formed kingdoms in England
- 5. fierce nomadic warriors who built a huge empire in Asia
- 7. a person who served a lord in exchange for land
- 9. a system where land was exchanged for loyalty and service
- 10. Carta, a 1215 document limiting the king’s power
- 12. a peasant who worked the land and couldn’t leave without permission
- 16. a knight’s code of honor and proper behavior
- 20. Years’ War, a long conflict between England and France
- 21. someone who financially supports artists or scholars