Across
- 5. peasant legally tied to a lord’s land who worked in exchange for protection
- 8. court system created to find and punish people accused of heresy in Spain
- 10. Central Asian nomadic group that created a massive empire under Genghis Khan
- 11. groups of people from northern Europe who helped invade and weaken the Roman Empire
- 12. lending money and charging high interest rates
- 15. document signed in 1215 limiting the power of the English king
- 18. code of honor and behavior followed by knights
- 19. describing an ideal or perfect society
- 20. nomadic invaders from Hungary who attacked parts of Europe during the Middle Ages
- 21. relating to the Middle Ages
- 22. Renaissance belief focusing on human potential education and achievements
- 23. wealthy supporter of artists writers or scholars
- 24. legal system based on customs and court decisions applied equally to everyone
Down
- 1. Germanic people who built a powerful kingdom in western Europe
- 2. land granted to a vassal by a lord in the feudal system
- 3. long conflict between England and France over control of French land
- 4. not connected to religion or the church
- 6. self-sufficient estate owned by a lord where peasants and serfs lived and worked
- 7. Germanic groups that settled in England after the fall of Rome
- 9. medieval system where land was exchanged for loyalty and protection
- 13. noble who received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and military service
- 14. deadly disease spread by fleas and rats that killed millions in Europe
- 16. period of renewed interest in art learning and classical ideas after the Middle Ages
- 17. religious wars fought by Christians to regain the Holy Land from Muslims