Crusades and Culture of the Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: intellectuals : female _ found convents a haven for their activities. most learned women of the middle ages, especially in germany, were nuns, proceed : this means to advance or move along a course, seljuk : the _ turks were muslims who had taken control of asia minor, political : by the early 1400s, the church had lost much of its _ power, franciscans : the _ were founded by francis of assisi, bubonic : _ plague was the most common form of the black death, latin : _ was the universal language of medieval civilization, controversy : the struggle between henry iv and gregory vii was known as the investiture _ , scholasticism : a medieval philosophical and theological system that tried to reconcile faith and reason, malnutrition : famine may have led to chronic _ and in turn to higher susceptibility to disease during the black death, taille : an annual direct tax, usually on land or property, that provided a regular source of income for the french monarchy, relics : these are bones or other objects connected with saints; they are considered to be worthy of worship by the faithful, louis : the development of a strong french state was greatly advanced by king _ xi, who ruled from 1461 to 1483, saladin : about six years after the death of _ , pope innocent iii initiated the fourth crusade, dominicans : the _ became especially well known for their roles as examiners of people suspected of heresy, gothic : the _ cathedral remains one of the greatest artistic triumphs of the high middle ages, papal : territories in central italy came to be known as the _ states.