Puzzle 56

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Across
  1. 2. — Scholar who advised Charlemagne
  2. 3. — Religious community for monks or nuns.
  3. 6. — Female head of a convent.
  4. 9. — Land estate controlled by a lord
  5. 10. — Land granted to a vassal by a lord.
  6. 11. — Emperor who united much of Europe
Down
  1. 1. — Person granted land by a lord in exchange for service.
  2. 3. — Handwritten book or document
  3. 4. — Tax, usually one-tenth of income, given to the Church.
  4. 5. — Ancient Viking writing left marks on stones
  5. 6. — Large monastery headed by an abbot
  6. 7. — Peasant bound to work on a lord’s land.
  7. 8. — Anglo-Saxon king famed for defending England against Vikings.