Deck 10: The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

Question 1

How does the behavior of Saint Francis of Assisi exemplify a return to early Christian ideals of church organization and operation? What does his great popularity and veneration among ordinary Europeans indicate about popular religion in medieval times?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What accounted for the frequent discords between popes and monarchs? Was there a universal cause of friction?

Answer 2

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Question 3

define the following term:
exchequer

Answer 3

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Question 4

define the following term:
Oath of Salisbury Plain

Question 5

define the following term:
Domesday Book

Question 6

The Crusades have been called "successful failures." Is that an accurate assessment? Why or why not?

Question 7

define the following term:
John and Magna Carta

Question 8

The papacy underwent dramatic reforms and modifications in medieval times. How did this institution change during this period? What powers did it gain? What powers or influence did it lose?

Question 9

define the following term:
Parliament

Question 10

define the following term:
Capetian dynasty

Question 11

What does the inquisition suggest about the interconnections among society, the Catholic Church as an institution, and political power?

Question 12

define the following term:
Henry II and the common law

Question 13

What were the chief spiritual aims of the Catholic mendicant orders? How did the means they chose to reach these spiritual goals affect European society and politics especially in cities?

Question 14

define the following term:
William of Normandy and the Norman Conquest

Question 15

Compare and contrast the political developments in France and England with those in the Holy Roman Empire and Italy between 1000 and 1300. What circumstances explain the differences?

Question 16

What religious and non-religious motivations led to the Crusades?

Question 17

Explain the importance of the veneration of saints, the use of relics, and the act of pilgrimage for ordinary people in the High Middle Ages.

Question 18

What was the role of monastic orders, old and new, in shaping the politics and culture of medieval Europe?

Question 19

What factors caused the thirteenth century to be a time of intolerance in medieval Europe? Which groups were singled out for attack and why?

Question 20

define the following term:
Thomas Becket

Question 21

define the following term:
Florence and Milan

Question 22

define the following term:
Holy Roman Empire

Question 23

define the following term:
Frederick II

Question 24

define the following term:
the Mongols

Question 25

define the following term:
Philip II Augustus

Question 26

define the following term:
boyars

Question 27

define the following term:
papal curia and papal monarchy

Question 28

define the following term:
Alexander Nevsky

Question 29

define the following term:
the Reconquista

Question 30

define the following term:
Frederick I Barbarossa

Question 31

define the following term:
lay investiture

Question 32

define the following term:
Robert Guiscard

Question 33

define the following term:
Concordat of Worms

Question 34

define the following term:
King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII

Question 35

define the following term:
Philip IV the Fair

Question 36

define the following term:
Aragon and Castile

Question 37

define the following term:
Teutonic Knights

Question 38

define the following term:
Estates-General

Question 39

define the following term:
abbey of Cluny

Question 40

define the following term:
Canossa

Question 41

define the following term:
Beguines

Question 42

define the following term:
Poor Clares

Question 43

define the following term:
the Virgin Mary

Question 44

define the following term:
Pope Urban at Clermont

Question 45

define the following term:
Cistercians

Question 46

define the following term:
the Battle of Manzikert

Question 47

define the following term:
interdict

Question 48

define the following term:
Hildegard of Bingen

Question 49

define the following term:
sultan

Question 50

define the following term:
relics, indulgences and purgatory, pilgrimages

Question 51

define the following term:
Holy Office/Inquisition

Question 52

define the following term:
Dominicans

Question 53

define the following term:
Seljuk Turks

Question 54

define the following term:
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Question 55

define the following term:
Cathars/Albigensians and dualism

Question 56

define the following term:
excommunication

Question 57

define the following term:
Saint Francis of Assisi

Question 58

define the following term:
Pope Innocent III

Question 59

define the following term:
Crusades

Question 60

define the following term:
the sacraments

Question 61

The Capetian king who wrested control of several French territories from the King John of England was

A)Louis VII.
B)Philip II.
C)Louis IX.
D)Philip IV.
E)Henry IV.

Question 62

define the following term:
Fourth Crusade

Question 63

One of the great political developments in England in the thirteenth century was

A)King John's success in bringing about a drastic reduction of the power of the nobility.
B)the emergence of the English Parliament under Edward I.
C)Edward I's successful unification of all the British Isles into a single feudal kingdom.
D)the written recognition that the English monarchy should have absolute power.
E)all of the above.

Question 64

define the following term:
Peter the Hermit

Question 65

Feudalism in England under William I differed from feudalism in most other countries in that

A)he deemphasized the role of knights.
B)he required all subvassals to swear allegiance to him.
C)homage was eliminated.
D)fiefs were drastically reduced in size.
E)manors were awarded only to members of William's own family.

Question 66

William the Conqueror took over England in 1066 after the Battle of

A)Poitiers.
B)Runnymede.
C)Hastings.
D)Bosworth Field.
E)Agincourt.

Question 67

The policy that Spanish Christian rulers followed during the reconquest in distributing lands, houses, and property of Muslims to Christians was known as

A)reconquista.
B)arrangemento.
C)parlemento
D)repartimiento.
E)none of the above

Question 68

Henry, Duke of Anjou, vastly increased his fortune in 1152 when he married the wealthy heiress

A)Eleanor of Aquitaine.
B)Matilda of Touraine.
C)Hildegard of Bingen.
D)Catherine d' Medici.
E)Catherine of Tours.

Question 69

define the following term:
Children's Crusade

Question 70

define the following term:
the Peasants' Crusade

Question 71

The Domesday Book could best be described as a

A)a law code.
B)a manual of chivalry.
C)a religious tract.
D)a king's diary.
E)an economic census.

Question 72

define the following term:
First Crusade

Question 73

The Magna Carta could best be described as

A)a promise to work to develop democratic institutions.
B)an affirmation of the traditional rights of barons.
C)a guarantee of religious freedom for all Englishmen.
D)a guarantee of civil rights for all Englishmen.
E)the first feminist legislation of King John's reign.

Question 74

The power of the Capetian monarchy was strengthened by the emergence of

A)a council for advice.
B)a chamber of accounts for finances.
C)the Parlement .
D)the Estates-General.
E)all of the above.

Question 75

By the end of the twelfth century, Spain was

A)free of Muslim control in the northern half of the country.
B)a fully united Christian kingdom.
C)once again completely under the control of the Muslims.
D)the most powerful nation in Europe.
E)ruled by the Valois dynasty of France.

Question 76

Parliament in England originally arose from the

A)popular demand of the people.
B)insistence of the nobles.
C)military victory over France.
D)old Celtic tradition of Druidic councils.
E)king's need to collect new taxes.

Question 77

define the following term:
crusader states

Question 78

define the following term:
Saladin and the Third Crusade

Question 79

The Christian offensive in Spain against the Muslims in the thirteenth century

A)brought an economic revival, especially for the Andalusian region.
B)saw a politically united Spain.
C)saw the king of Castile, Alfonso X, expel all Jews and Muslims.
D)left Granada the last Muslim kingdom on the Iberian peninsula.
E)drove all of the Moors from Spain and back into Africa.

Question 80

Under William of Normandy and his son Henry I, medieval England

A)saw its Anglo-Saxon institutions abolished and replaced by Norman ones.
B)was isolated from continental affairs.
C)developed a strong, centralized monarchy.
D)saw all of its land become part of the Norman family's demesne.
E)became a fief of France.