Compared to the High Middle Ages,the Later Middle Ages

Multiple Choice

Compared to the High Middle Ages,the later Middle Ages:

A) was a highpoint for the authority and prestige of the papacy.
B) signaled the beginning of vernacular poetry and popular stories of courtly romance.
C) witnessed the dissolution of significant national governments and bureaucratic institutions.
D) identified nature less with God and more as an entity that could be manipulated to meet human needs.
E) signaled the end of the authority of the Church within Europe.