Chapter 12 : Middle Ages

Question 1

Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

Answer 1

1360-1400

Plague on rats that was brought through Genoese ships

Had access to Mediterranean lands and Western Europe

Believed Causes:
Lack of hygiene
Vicious air property
Jews poisoned Christian community wells

Question 2

Edward II

Answer 2

1307-1327

Used parliament to set price controls on sale of livestock

Also condemned speculators which was easier than enforcing price controls

Question 3

Giovanni Boccacio

Answer 3

The Decameron

Question 4

Selman Waksman

Answer 4

Discovered cure for Black Plague

Question 5

Effects of Black Plague

Answer 5

Population loss -> Increase in productivity
Efficient labor, land, and capital balance

Economic ->
Inflation
Slave prices rose sharply

Shortage of labor -> demand of higher wage

Question 6

Treaty of Paris

Answer 6

1259
France and England

English King agreed to become- for himself and his successors- a vassal of the French crown for the Duchy of Aquitaine.

Question 7

The Hundred Years’ War

Answer 7

1337 - 1453

Kingdom of England versus the ruler of France for control of France, the largest kingdom in Western Europe

Question 8

Support for the Hundred Years’ War

Answer 8

England/France

manipulated public opinion

Edward III issued letters to the sheriff describing evil French deeds

War presented opportunities for wealth and advancement

Question 9

Joan of Arc

Answer 9

Revived French fortunes and saved the French monarchy

Orleans

Question 10

Consequences of Hundred Years War

Answer 10

Disrupted trade, resulting in reduction of French participation in international commerce

Stimulated the development of the English Parliament

Question 11

Nationalism

Answer 11

The feeling of unity and identity that binded the people together

Question 12

Babylonian Captivity

Answer 12

70 years the ancient Hebrews were held captive in Mesopotamian Babylon

Question 13

The Great Schism

Answer 13

Between Urban VI and Clement VII

Weakened religious Christian belief

Question 14

Urban VI

Answer 14

1378 - 1389

Believed in abolishing simony, pluralism, absenteeism, and clerical extravagance but was later excommunicated for insanity.
This trigger Great Schism

Question 15

Cardinal Robert of Geneva

Answer 15

1390s

Became pope in place of Urban VI

Question 16

Conciliarists

Answer 16

Believed reform of church would be achieved through periodic assemblies, or general councils, representing Christian people.

Question 17

John Wyclif

Answer 17

English scholar and theologian who contributed to the start of Reformation and claimed that scriptures should be the Christian life belief/practice

Question 18

Martin V

Answer 18

1417 - 1431

Roman Cardinal who became pope after the three fold schism

Question 19

What were the objectives of the Great Council Meeting of Constance in 1414 - 1418?

Answer 19

To end the schism, reform the church, and wipe out heresy

Question 20

Describe European life during the 14th Century

Answer 20

Scholars believed :

Peasants were illiterate

Premarital pregnancy was deliberate

Prostitution was considered a contribution to society

Question 21

William Wallace

Answer 21

Scottish hero who led a revolt against Edward I of England. Is considered a symbol of resistance to English Rule

Question 22

Jacqueri

Answer 22

A massive uprising of French peasantry in 1358 when the French taxation for the Hundred Years War fell on the poor.

Question 23

Great Famine

Answer 23

1315-1322

All of Northern Europe suffered

European price inflation in livestock, grain, and dairy products

Question 24

The statute of Kilkenny

Answer 24

Forbid inter marriage between immigrants and natives

Question 25

Poets of late medieval France

Answer 25

Francois Collin

Christine de Pisano