Question 1

define the following term:
-flagellants

Accepted Answer

Flagellants:

Who?
Flagellants were reli

Question 2

define the following term:
-the Hundred Years' War

Accepted Answer

The Hundred Years' War was a series of c

Question 3

define the following term:
-conciliarism

Accepted Answer

Conciliarism was a movement in the Catho

Question 4

Compare and contrast the Jacquerie with the English Peasants' Revolt. What accounts for the differences?

Accepted Answer

The Jacquerie and the English Peasants'

Question 5

define the following term:
-Yersinia pestis

Accepted Answer

Yersinia pestis is a bacterium that caus

Question 6

define the following term:
-Statute of Laborers

Accepted Answer

The Statute of Laborers was a law enacte

Question 7

define the following term:
-the Jacquerie

Accepted Answer

The Jacquerie was a popular uprising tha

Question 8

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

Accepted Answer

The major themes of the vernacular liter

Question 9

define the following term:
-Brothers and Sisters of the Common Life

Accepted Answer

The Brothers and Sisters of the Common L

Question 10

How did the adversities of the fourteenth century affect urban life and medical practices at the time?

Accepted Answer

The adversities of the fourteenth centur

Question 11

The Visconti family ruled the Duchy of Milan throughout most of the fourteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Black Death resulted in a decline of the European population by

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent. 
B) between 15 and 25 percent. 
C) between 25 and 50 percent. 
D) between 50 and 75 percent. 
E) 80 percent. 
A) 10 percent. 
B) between 15 and 25 percent. 
C) between 25 and 50 percent. 
D) between 50 and 75 percent. 
E) 80 percent.

Question 13

define the following term:
-Modern Devotion

Accepted Answer

Modern Devotion refers to a spiritual mo

Question 14

Christine de Pizan agreed that killing Joan of Arc had been a good idea, as this execution protected the proper ideal of women everywhere.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The European aristocracy responded to the adversity of the great plague by

Accepted Answer

A) seeking to lower wages by legal means, especially for farm laborers. 
B) producing only the most basic foodstuffs, such as grain. 
C) petitioning kings to order the relocation of laborers. 
D) forming agricultural cooperatives linking landowners, laborers, and city consumers. 
E) investing in trade and commerce rather than agricultural production. 
A) seeking to lower wages by legal means, especially for farm laborers. 
B) producing only the most basic foodstuffs, such as grain. 
C) petitioning kings to order the relocation of laborers. 
D) forming agricultural cooperatives linking landowners, laborers, and city consumers. 
E) investing in trade and commerce rather than agricultural production.

Question 16

define the following term:
-Council of Constance

Accepted Answer

The Council of Constance was a major chu

Question 17

define the following term:
-"little ice age" and great famine

Accepted Answer

The Little Ice Age was a period of cooli

Question 18

define the following term:
-scutage

Accepted Answer

Scutage was a medieval tax that allowed

Question 19

The flagellants

Accepted Answer

A) were praised by the Catholic church for their miraculous deeds. 
B) were attracted attention and created mass hysteria wherever they went. 
C) worked with both Jews and clergy to cope with the disorder and dislocation caused by the plague. 
D) remained a popular religious movement throughout the fourteenth century. 
E) were only to be found in isolated rural areas. 
A) were praised by the Catholic church for their miraculous deeds. 
B) were attracted attention and created mass hysteria wherever they went. 
C) worked with both Jews and clergy to cope with the disorder and dislocation caused by the plague. 
D) remained a popular religious movement throughout the fourteenth century. 
E) were only to be found in isolated rural areas.

Question 20

define the following term:
-the Battle of Crécy

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Crécy was a significant mi

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

define the following term: -flagellants

define the following term: -the Hundred Years' War

define the following term: -conciliarism

Compare and contrast the Jacquerie with the English Peasants' Revolt. What accounts for the differences?

define the following term: -Yersinia pestis

define the following term: -Statute of Laborers

define the following term: -the Jacquerie

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

define the following term: -Brothers and Sisters of the Common Life

How did the adversities of the fourteenth century affect urban life and medical practices at the time?

The Visconti family ruled the Duchy of Milan throughout most of the fourteenth century.

The Black Death resulted in a decline of the European population by

define the following term: -Modern Devotion

Christine de Pizan agreed that killing Joan of Arc had been a good idea, as this execution protected the proper ideal of women everywhere.

The European aristocracy responded to the adversity of the great plague by

define the following term: -Council of Constance

define the following term: -"little ice age" and great famine

define the following term: -scutage

The flagellants

define the following term: -the Battle of Crécy

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