Across
- 3. rose to the throne in 1199, he ruled England and half of present-day France. However, the king soon weakened his position by waging a series of failed, expensive wars
- 5. a powerful court to punish non-Christians
- 8. shut Henry out of the Church, forcing the king to back down
- 10. the religious leaders who oversee the ceremonies and deliver the teachings of the Christian Church
- 12. a wealthy, town-dwelling merchant during the Middle Ages
- 15. a weapon that allowed archers to fire arrows
- 16. series of wars in 1096 by Christian armies
- 17. made the king subject to the law of the land and limited his authority
- 18. a group of craftspeople that helped protect and improve the working conditions of its members
- 19. a group of representatives who shared power with the English monarch
Down
- 1. next in line to become Holy Roman Emperor,ruled over a multi-ethnic group of territories in central Europe, an empire that would continue until it dissolved in 1806
- 2. a Christian religious community
- 4. A French peasant girl that claimed Christian saints had told her to save her country
- 6. a system of law established in England to make sure people received equal treatment
- 7. a towering church built during the Middle Ages
- 9. In 1295, assembled what is considered the first truly representative parliament
- 11. between England and France, this was not a continuous conflict but rather a series of wars that dragged on for 116 years
- 12. a disease that killed more than a third of Europe’s population during the Middle Ages
- 13. a long war by Christians Kings to drive the Muslims off the peninsula
- 14. the people who lived in a monastery, spent much of their day praying, reading the Bible, and meditating