Crash course Flashcards
What were the dates of the most severe outbreak of The Black Death in Europe?
1347-1351
Buda and Pest are on opposite sides of what river?
The Danube
Who successfully liberated modern-day Budapest from Ottoman control?
Charles V and John III, King of Poland
What were the dates of The Hundred Years’ War?
1337-1453
What was The Treaty of Troyes in 1420?
An agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the French throne after the death of King Charles VI of France.
In 1302, this Pope declared that the Pope had supreme authority over, everyone, including Kings.
Pope Boniface VIII
This King involved in a feud with Pope Boniface VIII, he sent agents to arrest the Pope and Boniface was later imprisoned and mistreated
Phillip IV of France
Who were the two popes at the outset of The Great Schism?
Pope Urban VI and Clement VII
Who were the workers in the cloth trade who in 1378 rebelled, demanding an end to the harsh prosecution for debt and an end to higher taxes
The Ciompi
These three comprised the “liberal arts” of the Middle Ages:
Grammar rhetoric, and logic
These four comprised the “sciences” of the Middle Ages:
Theology, philosophy, laws, and medicine
Machiavelli argued that the Florentine Renaissance’s “Golden Age” ended with:
the death of Lorenzo de Medici in 1492 and the invasion of the “barbarians”.
Three islands north of Scotland:
Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands
in Portugal, cave painting from around 15000 BCE survive in the
Escoural Cave
Widespread use of agriculture in Europe was first seen in Greece around
7000 BCE
