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.