Across
- 2. Concerned with worldly, not religious, matters.
- 5. A person who supports artists, writers, or scholars with money or resources.
- 7. A legal system based on customs and court rulings.
- 8. A nomadic people who invaded Europe and settled in present-day Hungary.
- 10. Religious wars launched by Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims.
- 15. A peasant who was bound to the land and worked for a lord.
- 16. Relating to the Middle Ages, the period between ancient and modern times.
- 17. A deadly disease that killed millions in Europe in the 1300s.
- 18. A Catholic effort to root out heresy in Spain through trials and punishments.
- 20. A document signed in 1215 that limited the king’s power in England.
- 21. A large estate that included a lord's house, farmland, and villages.
- 22. A person who received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and service.
- 23. A nomadic people who built a vast empire across Asia and Europe under Genghis Khan.
Down
- 1. The practice of charging high interest on loans.
- 3. A period of renewed interest in art, learning, and classical culture starting in Italy.
- 4. A long conflict between England and France over territory and power.
- 6. Germanic tribes who settled in England after the fall of Rome.
- 9. A piece of land given to a vassal by a lord under feudalism.
- 10. A code of conduct for medieval knights, emphasizing honor and bravery.
- 11. Describing an ideal, perfect society.
- 12. Groups like the Visigoths and Vandals who helped bring down the Roman Empire.
- 13. A powerful Germanic tribe that established a large empire in Western Europe.
- 14. A system where land was exchanged for loyalty and military service.
- 19. A Renaissance movement focusing on human potential and achievements.
