Deck 9: The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

Question 1

What were the causes and consequences of the development of the medieval universities?

Answer 1

Answers may vary.

Question 2

Talk about:
tournaments and "melees"

Answer 2

Answers may vary.

Question 3

To what extent was Thomas Aquinas emblematic of his era, and to what extent did he challenge mainstream medieval intellectual culture?

Answer 3

Answers may vary.

Question 4

Talk about:
aristocracy

Question 5

Talk about:
chivalry

Question 6

Discuss the structures and changes in daily life of the ordinary European medieval village in the High Middle Ages. How did most Europeans live, and what were the material factors shaping their behavior at the communal level?

Question 7

What burdens did medieval female aristocrats have to confront, and what freedoms did they enjoy?

Question 8

Talk about:
carruca

Question 9

What were some of the reasons for the revival of Classical antiquity in the High Middle Ages?

Question 10

Talk about:
horse collar

Question 11

What practices, ideas, requirements, and activities shaped the life of a medieval peasant family?

Question 12

In what ways does the artistic and literary culture of the High Middle Ages reflect the religious preoccupations and problems of medieval society?

Question 13

Do you agree with the statement, "The Gothic cathedral was the supreme accomplishment of the High Middle Ages world"? Why or why not?

Question 14

A German proverb of the medieval period states: "The city air will set you free." What reasons can you give to justify or to refute the accuracy of this proverb for ordinary medieval townspeople?

Question 15

Talk about:
a castle keep

Question 16

Talk about:
three-field system

Question 17

In what ways were the value systems, beliefs, fears, anxieties, and hopesof medieval culture literally and physically bound into the architectural styles of Romanesque and Gothic?

Question 18

Explain the relationships between weather patterns, technological innovation, agriculture, and society in the High Middle Ages.

Question 19

Talk about:
knighthood

Question 20

What were some of the reasons for the revival of trade and the growth of cities in the High Middle Ages?

Question 21

Talk about:
Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis

Question 22

Talk about:
commercial capitalism

Question 23

Talk about:
the "putting-out" or domestic system

Question 24

Talk about:
charters of liberty

Question 25

Talk about:
urban pollution

Question 26

Talk about:
Venice

Question 27

Talk about:
Oxford and Cambridge

Question 28

Talk about:
Irnerius

Question 29

Talk about:
Blanche of Castile

Question 30

Talk about:
University of Bologna

Question 31

Talk about:
annulment

Question 32

Talk about:
borough/burgh

Question 33

Talk about:
bourgeoisie or burghers

Question 34

Talk about:
"Truce of God" and "Peace of God"

Question 35

Talk about:
craft guilds

Question 36

Talk about:
Flanders

Question 37

Talk about:
Champagne fairs

Question 38

Talk about:
communes

Question 39

Talk about:
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question 40

Talk about:
universitas

Question 41

Talk about:
"realists" vs. "nominalists"

Question 42

Talk about:
The Song of Roland

Question 43

Talk about:
town vs. gown

Question 44

Talk about:
Averroës

Question 45

Talk about:
Aristotle

Question 46

Talk about:
stained glass windows

Question 47

Talk about:
Romanesque

Question 48

Talk about:
artium baccalaureus and artium magister

Question 49

Talk about:
Peter Abelard and Heloise

Question 50

Talk about:
chanson de geste

Question 51

Talk about:
Maimonides

Question 52

Talk about:
the liberal arts

Question 53

Talk about:
scholasticism

Question 54

Talk about:
"the queen of the sciences"

Question 55

Talk about:
troubadours

Question 56

Talk about:
barrel vault

Question 57

Talk about:
Gothic

Question 58

Talk about:
pointed arch and flying buttress

Question 59

Talk about:
vernacular

Question 60

Talk about:
Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica

Question 61

The "new agriculture" of the High Middle Ages

A) resulted from a sharp decline in the total acreage available for farming.
B) was in part brought about by a change from the two-field to the three-field system.
C) led to the demise of the cooperative agricultural villages.
D) was in large part due to the development of a cheap, nonwheeled wooden plow for peasants.
E) was the result of grain imported from the east.

Question 62

The main part of the medieval castle was called the

A) motte.
B) bailey.
C) moat.
D) tower.
E) keep.

Question 63

The basic staple of the peasant diet was

A) potatoes.
B) rice.
C) pork.
D) beef.
E) bread.

Question 64

Talk about:
Abbot Suger

Question 65

All of the following is true of the ideal of civilized behavior known as chivalry except

A) knights were to fight to defend the church.
B) knights were to protect the weak and defenseless.
C) chivalry was developed without the influence of the church.
D) winning glory should be the knight's highest aim and motivating force.
E) knights should treat captives as honored guests.

Question 66

In the High Middle Ages, European society was dominated by the aristocracy, best described as

A) "men of prayer."
B) "men of work."
C) "men of war."
D) "men of reason."
E) all of the above

Question 67

The high number of fights and accidents described in medieval court records may plausibly be attributed to

A) the violence of lords.
B) the high consumption of alcohol.
C) generally poor diet and nutrition.
D) fears of witchcraft.
E) religious heresy.

Question 68

Which of the following was not used as a source of power by medieval farmers?

A) horses
B) coal
C) water
D) windmills
E) oxen

Question 69

One consequence of the new agriculture of the Early Middle Ages was

A) the destruction of the forests.
B) the contamination of the water supply.
C) increased dependence of serfs on their lords.
D) increased famine.
E) polluted water systems.

Question 70

Combative tournaments involving knights

A) were sanctioned by the church as a testing ground for religious faith.
B) consisted exclusively of the "melee" which featured individual combat between two knights.
C) were considered by knights to be excellent and necessary training for warfare.
D) were banned throughout Europe by 1100.
E) were popular on the continent but not in England.

Question 71

By the twelfth century, divorce among nobles was

A) not possible except through official recognition that a marriage had never been valid.
B) increasingly common.
C) accepted and approved by the church.
D) not possible, even by annulment, as marriage was now a church sacrament.
E) possible only through a dispensation granted exclusively by kings.

Question 72

The dramatic increases in European population between 1000 and 1300

A) occurred despite detrimental climatic patterns.
B) especially benefited women of child-bearing age.
C) were the result of better urban planning.
D) led to populations with many more women than men due to constant warfare.
E) were primarily due to an increased birth rate outstripping high medieval mortality rates.

Question 73

Which of the following brought peasants into contact with the village church?

A) religious feasts.
B) holidays.
C) Mass.
D) baptism.
E) all of the above.

Question 74

Which of the following was not a consequence of the higher food prices caused by growing demand for agricultural produce in towns and cities?

A) Lords sought to grow more food for profit on their estates.
B) Many serfs were no longer legally tied to the land and were converted into free peasants.
C) Almost all peasants gained complete economic independence from their lords.
D) Labor services were often converted into monetary payments or fixed rents.
E) All of the above.

Question 75

The carruca was

A) a new type of blast furnace.
B) a Spanish dance involving four partners.
C) a heavy-wheeled, iron-tipped plow.
D) a harness for draft animals without collars.
E) a slender blade.

Question 76

In medieval thought, women were considered

A) equal to men in all things except war.
B) subservient to men and subject to male authority.
C) an equal partner of men in theory, but not in practice.
D) to be made in God's image.
E) superior to men, because the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus as God.

Question 77

In northern European countries, the most common drink of the medieval peasant was

A) ale.
B) beer.
C) wine.
D) cider.
E) milk.

Question 78

In which of the following places was significant land "reclaimed" from the sea?

A) Ireland.
B) Genoa.
C) Netherlands.
D) Spain.
E) Russia.

Question 79

Marriages among the aristocracy of the High Middle Ages

A) were frequently motivated by the love brides and grooms felt for one another.
B) still included violent blood rituals of betrothal dating back to pagan times.
C) usually occurred when both bride and groom were in their teens.
D) were expected to establish political alliances between families and increase their wealth.
E) required to be always performed by archbishops and popes.

Question 80

Talk about:
Saint-Denis