Question 1

Changed urban attitudes in the fourteenth century included

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A)  the promotion of equality between men and women in the workplace. 
B)  later marriages and increases in the number of extended families. 
C)  children being seen as valuable only in their capacity to work and earn money for the family. 
D)  the regulation and acceptance of prostitution in most communities. 
E)  the abolition of any property requirement for voting and political participation. 
A)  the promotion of equality between men and women in the workplace. 
B)  later marriages and increases in the number of extended families. 
C)  children being seen as valuable only in their capacity to work and earn money for the family. 
D)  the regulation and acceptance of prostitution in most communities. 
E)  the abolition of any property requirement for voting and political participation.

Question 2

The Decameron is set

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A)  in London during the Hundred Years' War. 
B)  in Rome during the Great Schism. 
C)  in German lands after the Golden Bull. 
D)  in Paris during the Avignon papacy. 
E)  in Florence at the time of the Black Death. 
A)  in London during the Hundred Years' War. 
B)  in Rome during the Great Schism. 
C)  in German lands after the Golden Bull. 
D)  in Paris during the Avignon papacy. 
E)  in Florence at the time of the Black Death.

Question 3

What were the main causes of the Great Schism? What were the major results of this political and religious conflict?

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The main causes of the Great Schism, als

Question 4

Meister Eckhart

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A)  challenged the works of Thomas Aquinas in public disputations. 
B)  was a mystic who claimed that one could achieve a union of the soul with God. 
C)  was a noted leader of the flagellants who turned to persecution of the Jews. 
D)  led the reform of the Franciscan order in Germany. 
E)  rejected the leadership of the pope and was burnt at the stake. 
A)  challenged the works of Thomas Aquinas in public disputations. 
B)  was a mystic who claimed that one could achieve a union of the soul with God. 
C)  was a noted leader of the flagellants who turned to persecution of the Jews. 
D)  led the reform of the Franciscan order in Germany. 
E)  rejected the leadership of the pope and was burnt at the stake.

Question 5

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

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The major themes of the vernacular liter

Question 6

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

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A)  the plague had equally devastated both regions. 
B)  both regions failed to develop a centralized monarchical state. 
C)  local nobles and town governments lost much influence over reigning kings. 
D)  mercenary captains usurped royal authority and ruled violently. 
E)  both had begun to develop industrial economies. 
A)  the plague had equally devastated both regions. 
B)  both regions failed to develop a centralized monarchical state. 
C)  local nobles and town governments lost much influence over reigning kings. 
D)  mercenary captains usurped royal authority and ruled violently. 
E)  both had begun to develop industrial economies.

Question 7

Talk about:
-the vernacular

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The term "vernacular" refers to the lang

Question 8

Talk about:
-Giotto

Accepted Answer

Giotto di Bondone, commonly known as Gio

Question 9

Talk about:
-gunpowder

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder, also known as black powder, i

Question 10

It is estimated that famine in the early fourteenth century killed 35 percent of the European population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Talk about:
-condottieri

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Condottieri were mercenary military lead

Question 12

What were the causes and consequences of the failure of Germany and Italy to develop strong centralized governments?

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The failure of Germany and Italy to deve

Question 13

The artist Giotto

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A)  acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B)  completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C)  is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D)  painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E)  created works displaying a new kind of realism. 
A)  acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B)  completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C)  is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D)  painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E)  created works displaying a new kind of realism.

Question 14

The term ars moriendi means

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A)  the art of dying. 
B)  the beauty of death. 
C)  the triumph of life. 
D)  the art of living well 
E)  the divine artist 
A)  the art of dying. 
B)  the beauty of death. 
C)  the triumph of life. 
D)  the art of living well 
E)  the divine artist

Question 15

Talk about:
-William of Occam and nominalism

Accepted Answer

William of Ockham, also spelled as Occam

Question 16

Talk about:
-Catherine of Siena

Accepted Answer

Catherine of Siena was a 14th-century It

Question 17

Talk about:
-Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

Accepted Answer

Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam, issue

Question 18

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

Accepted Answer

A)  Brétigny. 
B)  Tours. 
C)  Poitiers. 
D)  Calais. 
E)  Agincourt. 
A)  Brétigny. 
B)  Tours. 
C)  Poitiers. 
D)  Calais. 
E)  Agincourt.

Question 19

Talk about:
-Charles the dauphin/VII

Accepted Answer

Charles the Dauphin, later known as Char

Question 20

Talk about:
-Italian communes

Accepted Answer

Italian communes, also known as comuni,

Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Changed urban attitudes in the fourteenth century included

The Decameron is set

What were the main causes of the Great Schism? What were the major results of this political and religious conflict?

Meister Eckhart

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

Talk about: -the vernacular

Talk about: -Giotto

Talk about: -gunpowder

It is estimated that famine in the early fourteenth century killed 35 percent of the European population.

Talk about: -condottieri

What were the causes and consequences of the failure of Germany and Italy to develop strong centralized governments?

The artist Giotto

The term ars moriendi means

Talk about: -William of Occam and nominalism

Talk about: -Catherine of Siena

Talk about: -Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

Talk about: -Charles the dauphin/VII

Talk about: -Italian communes

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