Middle Ages

4. A medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
6. A form of government with a monarch at the head.
9. A large country house with large land.
10. A person believing in or practicing religious heresy.
12. A person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own.
13. The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.
19. Deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ.
20. The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.

1. A contagious bacterial disease.
2. Craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
3. A kind of banishment, a punishment that's handed out by a church when one of its members breaks some important church rule.
5. A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
7. An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
8. An educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions.
11. The male head of a family or tribe.
14. A painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
15. The ability to read and write.
16. Recognition and respect towards the feudal system.
17. Judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.
18. One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy.