Question 1

define the following term:
-Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

Accepted Answer

Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam, issue

Question 2

All of the following were reactions to the great plague except

Accepted Answer

A) an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) the formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D) morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E) economic depression. 
A) an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) the formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D) morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E) economic depression.

Question 3

The chief ambition of the Venetian city-state in the fourteenth century was

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A) financial control of the Holy Roman Empire. 
B) inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy. 
C) to create a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas. 
D) monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders. 
E) to wage a Crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land. 
A) financial control of the Holy Roman Empire. 
B) inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy. 
C) to create a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas. 
D) monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders. 
E) to wage a Crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land.

Question 4

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 5

The mystic who founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the group known as the Brothers of the Common Life was

Accepted Answer

A) Meister Eckhart. 
B) Marsiglio of Padua. 
C) Thomas Aquinas. 
D) William of Occam. 
E) Gerard Groote. 
A) Meister Eckhart. 
B) Marsiglio of Padua. 
C) Thomas Aquinas. 
D) William of Occam. 
E) Gerard Groote.

Question 6

define the following term:
-Gerard Groote

Accepted Answer

Gerard Groote was a Dutch preacher and f

Question 7

define the following term:
-Florence's ciompi

Accepted Answer

The Ciompi were a group of wool workers

Question 8

All medical books, even after the impact of the Black Death, continued to be written in Latin, and all were highly theoretical rather than being practical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

define the following term:
-mysticism

Accepted Answer

Mysticism is a spiritual practice or bel

Question 10

define the following term:
-Joan of Arc

Accepted Answer

Joan of Arc, also known as the Maid of O

Question 11

Economically, the great plague and the crises of the fourteenth century

Accepted Answer

A) devastated peasants but not nobles. 
B) brought an economic boom to landlords. 
C) caused only minor changes in agricultural practices. 
D) raised wages because of a scarcity of labor. 
E) had little impact. 
A) devastated peasants but not nobles. 
B) brought an economic boom to landlords. 
C) caused only minor changes in agricultural practices. 
D) raised wages because of a scarcity of labor. 
E) had little impact.

Question 12

define the following term:
-William of Occam and nominalism

Accepted Answer

William of Ockham, also spelled as Occam

Question 13

Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was drastically reduced in the aftermath of the Black Death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A key economic consequence of the plague was

Accepted Answer

A) the rapid expansion of European civic banking to rebuild industry. 
B) a decline in manorialism and weakening of feudalism as noble landlords desperate for cash converted peasant labor service to market rents freeing their serfs. 
C) the more frequent bankruptcy of monarchs as they emptied their treasuries trying to provide poor relief. 
D) the very slow enrichment of middling peasant laborers who began to dominate rural communities. 
E) a long-term trend to abandon cities for the more secure rural environment. 
A) the rapid expansion of European civic banking to rebuild industry. 
B) a decline in manorialism and weakening of feudalism as noble landlords desperate for cash converted peasant labor service to market rents freeing their serfs. 
C) the more frequent bankruptcy of monarchs as they emptied their treasuries trying to provide poor relief. 
D) the very slow enrichment of middling peasant laborers who began to dominate rural communities. 
E) a long-term trend to abandon cities for the more secure rural environment.

Question 15

What led to the papacy's decline during the fourteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The decline of the papacy during the fou

Question 16

To what extent were climate and disease key factors in producing economic and social changes in the Later Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Climate and disease were significant fac

Question 17

define the following term:
-grandi, popolo grasso, and popolo minuto

Accepted Answer

Grandi, popolo grasso, and popolo minuto

Question 18

The term ars moriendi means

Accepted Answer

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 19

In fourteenth-century Venice, the real executive power of the state came to be held by the

Accepted Answer

A) doge. 
B) duce. 
C) Council of Merchants. 
D) Council of Ten. 
E) popolo minuto. 
A) doge. 
B) duce. 
C) Council of Merchants. 
D) Council of Ten. 
E) popolo minuto.

Question 20

define the following term:
-Italian communes

Accepted Answer

Italian communes, also known as comuni,

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

define the following term: -Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

All of the following were reactions to the great plague except

The chief ambition of the Venetian city-state in the fourteenth century was

Changed urban attitudes in the fourteenth century included

The mystic who founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the group known as the Brothers of the Common Life was

define the following term: -Gerard Groote

define the following term: -Florence's ciompi

All medical books, even after the impact of the Black Death, continued to be written in Latin, and all were highly theoretical rather than being practical.

define the following term: -mysticism

define the following term: -Joan of Arc

Economically, the great plague and the crises of the fourteenth century

define the following term: -William of Occam and nominalism

Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was drastically reduced in the aftermath of the Black Death.

A key economic consequence of the plague was

What led to the papacy's decline during the fourteenth century?

To what extent were climate and disease key factors in producing economic and social changes in the Later Middle Ages?

define the following term: -grandi, popolo grasso, and popolo minuto

The term ars moriendi means

In fourteenth-century Venice, the real executive power of the state came to be held by the

define the following term: -Italian communes

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