Medieval Crossword

3. A form of Christianity centred on Rome with the Pope as its leader and the most powerful religion in western and central Europe by the 1100s
7. A means of determining innocence or guilt by seeing how the person accused of a crime reacts to an ordeal
8. Woman belonging to a religious order who has dedicated her life to serving God and lives in a convent
9. Mid-fourteenth century plague that resulted in huge loss of life in Europe, Africa and Asia
10. System of social organisation based on providing land in return for loyalty and work
12. A style of architecture with massive and thick walls, rounded arches for windows and doors, and huge piers instead of columns

1. A wooden frame with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse
2. Man belonging to a religious order who has dedicated his life to serving God and lives in a monastery
4. A form of castle with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte
5. The act of surrounding a castle (or a town), trapping its inhabitants inside
6. The battles fought between Muslims and European Christians for control of Palestine, mainly from 1095 to 1250
11. The offence of contradicting the church’s teachings