Christian Europe

Question 1

Building(s) occupied by a community of monks or nuns

Answer 1

Abbey or monastery

Question 2

A carved animal figure placed on a post as a curiosity

Answer 2

Beeste

Question 3

Any of a series of short posts set at intervals to delimit an area or to exclude vehicles

Answer 3

Bollard

Question 4

A bell tower, especially one near but not attached to a church

Answer 4

Campanile

Question 5

Large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers and in many cases, a moat

Answer 5

Castle

Question 6

The principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated

Answer 6

Cathedral

Question 7

The medieval knightly systems with its religious, moral and social code

Answer 7

Chivalry

Question 8

Enclosed courtyard with an encircling arcaded walk often used for monastic horticulture

Answer 8

Cloister

Question 9

A small column

Answer 9

Colonnette

Question 10

Dominant social system in Medieval Europe in which a lord owned all the land while vassals and serfs farmed it

Answer 10

Feudalism

Question 11

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service

Answer 11

Fief

Question 12

A receptacle for baptismal water

Answer 12

Font

Question 13

An enclosed area next to a building serving as a garden, yard or pasture

Answer 13

Garth

Question 14

A monumental building style of the high middle ages recreated in lesser proportions in the 19th century by Victorians eager to supply their gardens with ancient ruins

Answer 14

Gothic

Question 15

A sharp-pointed arch, formed at two arc segments

Answer 15

Gothic arch

Question 16

A member of a Germanic people that invaded the Roman Empire from the east between the 3rd and 5th centuries

Answer 16

Goths

Question 17

The system by which coats of arm and other armorial bearings are devised, described and regulated

Answer 17

Heraldry

Question 18

A dwelling of a hermit or a secluded home

Answer 18

Hermitage

Question 19

A garth dedicated to the Virgin Mary

Answer 19

Hortus conclusus

Question 20

A garden or area where vegetables, fruit or herbs are grown for domestic use

Answer 20

Kitchen garden

Question 21

A fastening made by tying a piece of string, rope or something similar

Answer 21

Knot

Question 22

A gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden

Answer 22

Loggia

Question 23

A large country house with lands, originally a feudal lordship

Answer 23

Manor

Question 24

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense againsta attack

Answer 24

Moat

Question 25

The experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics

Answer 25

Mysticism

Question 26

Eastern branch of the later Goths

Answer 26

Ostrogoths

Question 27

A barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure

Answer 27

Parapet

Question 28

Type of herb garden with medicinal plants

Answer 28

Physic garden

Question 29

A public square or market place in a town or city that is usually surrounded by buildings

Answer 29

Piazza

Question 30

A secluded enclosure or part of a garden, especially one attached to a large house

Answer 30

Pleasance

Question 31

Four-sided | Involves two crossed axes and the four equal divisions they create

Answer 31

Quadrilateral symmetry

Question 32

Free standing garden beds constructed above ground level

Answer 32

Raised beds

Question 33

Transitional style of European Architecture from the 9th to 12th century

Answer 33

Romanesque

Question 34

A person who is bound to the land and owned by feudal lord

Answer 34

Serf

Question 35

One of six German tribes | Others: visigoths, burgundians, lombards, ostrogoths and the franks

Answer 35

Vandal

Question 36

A person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of feudal system

Answer 36

Vassal

Question 37

Interwoven staves and twigs used to fill a panel in a timber frame providing a backing for a finish of daub or plaster

Answer 37

Wattle and daub