Across
- 3. An early Frankish king who expanded borders and converted many to Christianity.
- 5. members of the nobility, the highest-ranking class in medieval society they were also usually married to a lord.
- 6. The Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 8. the knightly code of feudal times.
- 10. Member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France
- 12. Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided much of Europe
- 15. A large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack and decked with towers
- 17. Early king of England, he led the Norman conquest of Europe
- 19. a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
Down
- 1. A system based on a hierarchy of lords and vassals who pledged military service and loyalty to each other.
- 2. A king or ruler
- 4. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means “Charles the Great."
- 7. Continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere
- 8. The religions based of the teaching of Jesus
- 9. Nobles who entered into a mutual obligation to a lord and were granted land to rule
- 11. Land Granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty
- 13. The last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king.
- 14. large estates owned by wealthy families and used as a residence and for agricultural purposes.
- 16. A peasant who cannot leave the land he/she was born on
- 18. The ruler of all the lands also referred to as a Monarch