| ALCUIN | ___ of York, scholar and theologian born in the 8th century AD (6) |
| ERASMUS | Which Dutch humanist, scholar, and theologian, published the first Greek edition of the New Testament (7) |
| ABELARD | Peter, French theologian born in 1079 noted for his love for Helo'ise (7) |
| AARHUS | Large city in Jutland (pop about 280,000), founded in the 8th century (6) |
| PARSIE | Descendant of the Zoroastrians who emigrated from Persia to India in the eighth century (6) |
| VIKING | One of the pirate Norsemen plundering the coasts of Europe in the 8th to 10th centuries (6) |
| MERCIA | Ancient British kingdom ruled in the eighth century by Offa (6) |
| SCRIBE | In the Old Testament, a recognised scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law |
| JOWETT | Benjamin, English classical scholar and educator who translated the works of Plato (6) |
| MASORA | Scholar and artist penning note, or notes on the textual traditionals of Hebrew scripture (6) |
| LUTHER | Martin _, German monk and theologian whose ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation (6) |
| ANSELM | Saint ____ of Canterbury, patron saint of philosophers and theologians (6) |
| FIDDLE | Doctor and theologian mentioned in column (6) |
| UTOPIA | Latin satire written by English scholar and statesman Sir Thomas More in 1516; from Greek, 'no place' (6) |
| RHODES | Cecil ___, 19th-century scholar and colonial administrator (6) |
| POSNER | Legal scholar and "A Failure of Capitalism" author Richard |
| CICERO | Roman scholar and statesman (6) |
| BANANA | Scholar and nurse share fruit (6) |
| READING | Large town in the south of England, founded in the 8th century (7) |
| PALERMO | Capital of the Italian island of Sicily, founded by Phoenician traders in the 8th century BC (7) |
