Holy Roman Empire and Feudalism

It was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages

By converting to Christianity, he gained the support of the Romans in his kingdom.

Who led the Battle of Tours which was one of the most important battles in European history because the Muslims were defeated and Christianity survived in western Europe.

He became the most powerful leader in western Europe. He created a large empire that included Germanic people as well as people in northern and eastern Europe.

He crowned Charlemagne as the new Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD.

It is the basic government and society in Europe during the middle ages in which the king owned the land and everything in it.

It is the large sections of land the king granted to his nobles in exchange for their loyalty

The majority of people during the Middle Ages and were required to worked the land of the estate and perform many other services in exchange for a small plot of land and a small cottage.

the peasants did more for the nobles than they did for themselves and gradually became _____, or people bound to the land.

From the ages of 7 to 14, a young boy was a ___. He acted as a servant and messenger to the lord and lived in the lord's castle.

At age 15, a boy became a _____, serving only one knight. He was taught to ride and fight. He cared for a knight's horse and kept his armor ready for war.

At 20, a squire become a ____ if he had served his master well.