Across
- 1. animal that caused the Black Death
- 4. Plague that caused 1/3 of the population of Europe to die
- 7. all Christian countries were considered part of
- 10. a knight's servant
- 11. Loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other supplies to a greater lord
- 14. a plot of land given to vassals
- 16. head of the Christian church
- 17. traveling members of clergy (the church) who owned no possessions
- 18. City that the Crusaders wanted to capture in the name of God
Down
- 2. a knight's apprentice (someone learning how to be a knight)
- 3. City that the Crusaders invaded during the FOURTH crusade
- 5. a man who held land directly from the king
- 6. A code of behavior by which knights were expected to be brave, loyal, and kind
- 8. a peasant farmer who was tied to the land (they stayed with the land and worked for a lord)
- 9. An armored warrior who fought on horseback
- 12. Pope ______ Call "Expel that wicked race from out Christian lands. Christ commands it."
- 13. a lord's estate (land)
- 15. A person who received land and protection from a lord in return for loyalty
- 17. bug that helped transmit the Black Death