World History

2. The male head of a family or tribe
4. An ancient test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence.
5. Bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church
9. Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians
10. A medieval emperor who once ruled much of Western Europe
13. is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches
14. An ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the rights of church membership
17. The founding father of the Israelites, with a prominent role in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
18. One without faith
19. A woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns
20. A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.

1. a room set apart for writing, esp. one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied
3. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century
6. of Hastings The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
7. New capital of Rome, modern day Turkey
8. A religious way of life that involves renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one's self to spiritual work
11. was a value placed on every human being and every piece of property in the Salic Code
12. The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
15. A series of holy wars fought between 1095 and 1291.
16. Having One God