Across
- 2. body of laws of a church
- 4. loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater Lord
- 5. in medieval Europe an estate granted by a Lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty
- 6. King Clovis was a king
- 9. a young person learning a trade from master
- 11. the claim of medieval popes that they had authority over all secular rulers
- 13. He gave up all his comforts to devote himself to preaching
- 14. rallied Frankish warriors
- 19. exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law
- 22. someone would pay rent to a Lord to form part of the Lords land
- 23. in medieval Europe, a Lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater Lord
- 25. a wandering poet or singer of medieval Europe
- 26. a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France in neighboring lands in the 400s
Down
- 1. in the Roman Catholic Church Excommunication, of an entire region, town, or kingdom
- 3. having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters; nonreligious
- 4. exchange of pledges between lords and vassals
- 7. Sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
- 8. Grandson of Charles Martel
- 10. in the Middle Ages, an Association of merchants or artisan’s who Cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests
- 12. rules drawn up in 530 by Benedict, a monk, regulating monastic life. The rule emphasizes obedience, poverty, and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work, and study
- 13. medieval Europe, a peasant bound to the Lords land
- 15. money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise
- 16. during the Middle Ages in Europe, a Lords estate, which included one or more villages and the surrounding lands
- 17. battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks led by Charles Martel defeated Muslim armies and stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
- 18. a medieval European monk who traveled from place to place preaching to the poor
- 20. code of conduct for nights during the Middle Ages
- 21. in the Middle Ages, a written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town
- 24. a salaried worker employed by Guild master