Exam 9: The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300–1453)

The French peasant uprising of 1358 is known as the ________.

What finally resolved the Great Schism?

John XXII tried to return the papacy from ________ to Italy.

Which of the following was recognized by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges?

Which of these statements best summarizes trends in England and France in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

The Hundred Years' War was fought between ________.

The work of John Wycliffe most resembled that of _______.

After ____________ fell to the Turks in 1453, Moscow became, in Russian eyes, the "third Rome."

What impact did Joan of Arc have on the French campaign? What was her primary role? What part, if any, did issues of gender play in this role?

The burden of the Hundred Years' War fell mostly on the ________.

The nobles lost power relative to other groups in the wake of the plague because they were the ______.

The use of the ________ gave the English the tactical advantage in the war.

Describe the psychological impact of the Black Death.How did Europeans respond to the devastation caused by the epidemic?

____________, the religion of Russia, added strong cultural bonds to the close commercial ties that had long linked Russia to the Byzantine Empire.

The price of the papacy's greater centralization of authority was _________.

Which of the following exacerbated the initial effects of the Black Death?

The plague barely touched areas away from major trade routes such as ________.

In addition to limiting wages to pre-plague levels, the Statute of Laborers passed by the __________ in 1351 restricted the ability of peasants to leave their masters' land.

The Black Death ________.

What challenges did the late medieval church face? How did the Avignon papacy and the Great Schism affect the place of the church in European culture and society?