Deck 14: The Barbarian Successor Kingdoms: The End of Antiquity in the West 476-751

Question 1

The author ______, who wrote the Consolation of Philosophy and important texts on music, arithmetic, astronomy, and geometry, was immensely popular in the Middle Ages.

A) Symmachus
B) Boethius
C) Luxorius
D) Isidore

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Battle of ______ in 507, between the Visigoths under Alaric II and the Franks, resulted in Alaric's death and the loss of most of the Visigothic possessions in Spain.

A) Vouillé
B) Paris
C) Provence
D) Toulouse

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following was not a solution to the problem of where to settle barbarians in the lands of the former western empire?

A) Grants to land that once belonged to the Roman government
B) Shares in Roman tax receipts that could be used to buy land
C) Land purchased by the church and then distributed free of charge (pp. 495-497)
D) Roman landowners' sharing some of their estates with barbarian settlers

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The surviving letter collection of which author is considered the last Latin letter collection that reflects the spirit of classical antiquity?

A) Columbanus
B) Bonitus
C) Boethius
D) Desiderius

Question 5

The important Frankish office of ______ was held by such figures as Charles Martel and Pepin the Short.

A) Mayor of the Palace
B) Viscount
C) Master of Horse
D) Chancellor of the Realm

Question 6

The Burgundians had one set of laws that applied to the Burgundians, and one set of laws that applied the Romans.

Question 7

Arthur, a western Briton warlord later nicknamed "The Duke of Battles," eventually became the subject of the legends and romances of "King Arthur."

Question 8

The Third Council of Toledo saw the Visigoths convert to Nicene Christianity, which created a completely Nicene Christian world in western Europe.

Question 9

Recent studies suggest that the dissimilarities between Arians and Nicenes in western Europe were greater, and at the root of more political violence, than was once thought.

Question 10

None of the barbarian kingdoms had an economy or bureaucracy as complex as the Roman imperial ones.

Question 11

The Vandals all but disappeared from history after their defeats at the hands of the Byzantine army.

Question 12

Even though Ireland was never directly occupied by the Romans, it went on to become one of the most important centers for the preservation of classical culture.

Question 13

The "Renaissance" that began in the fourteenth century was only the latest in a line of European "Renaissances" that included the earlier Visigothic and Carolingian Renaissances.

Question 14

The Vandal kingdom in North Africa had its capital in Alexandria.

Question 15

After Clovis' death, the kingdom passed to his wife and brother, a policy that created a great deal of trouble for the Merovingian dynasty.