| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| ISMAILI | Member of a branch of Shiite Muslims that seceded from the main group in the 8th Century |
| ORIGEN | Early philosopher and theologian |
| NUBIA | Ancient region on the River Nile, home to the Kingdom of Kush which conquered Egypt in the 8th Century BC (5) |
| IRONAGE | Prehistoric period that began in the 8th century BC in Central Europe, but much earlier in Ancient India (4,3) |
| AKITA | City in Tohoku, N Honshu, Japan; an important feudal town in the 8th-century (5) |
| ILIAD | Ancient Greek epic poem thought to have been penned in the 8th century, The _ (5) |
| JOHNKNOX | Theologian born around 1514 who was the foremost leader of the Scottish reformation (4,4) |
| MOORS | Invaders of Spain in the 8th century |
