True/False Flashcards
The Church exerted little to no control or influence over Merovingian society in France.
F
Northern styles of art (Celtic and Germanic) exerted little to no influence on Christian art of the 8th and 9th centuries.
F
The monasteries did not play an important role in the transmission of knowledge.
F
St. Benedict provided a specific structure for how monastic life was to be lived.
T
Monastic life was the primary means by which classical learning and knowledge remained in Western Europe
T
The Carolingian Renaissance refers to the revival of classical learning during the time of Charlemagne (Charles the Great).
T
The 9th and 10th centuries were a time of peace and stability in Western Europe, a time similar to the Pax Romana.
F
Charles Martel defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.
T
On Christmas Day in Rome in the year 800 Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans
T
Charlemagne’s empire and rule tended to favor Latin traditions and neglected or ignored Germanic peoples.
F
Because of the increased invasions of the Vikings after 12th century there was little expansion of trade throughout Europe
F
During the 1100s the percentage of persons who were required to produce food increased in comparison to the 900s.
F
Because of the insistence on the three-field system, the food loss caused a decrease in population.
F
Because of the diminishment of food sources from 1000 to 1200 Western Europe did not see much growth of urban populations
F
Due to the change in trade patterns, the 13th century saw a diminishment in the power of the Italian city-states
F
The Magna Carta gave greater rights and control to the English monarch over his nobles
F
According to English law, the king could collect taxes without calling parliament
F
Hugh Capet was chosen to be king of France because of his strong military power and large land holdings
F
One great contribution of the Middle Ages to the modern world was the representative institution such as assemblies or parliaments.
T
Trial by jury was one of the procedures in English law after 1100.
F
Europe in the High Middle Ages showed little vitality. The period immediately after 1000 was marked by decreased population, limited population growth and minimal cultural development
F
Students behaved about as badly as they did in the Middle Ages as they do today
T
The philosophy of the classical world, such as Aristotle, had little influence in the medieval schools
F
Islamic civilization acted as a bridge that helped transfer the knowledge of the classical world to that of high middle ages
T
According to medieval cosmology the earth revolved around the sun
F
Medieval cosmology was hierarchical, with heaven at the top and hell at the bottom
T
Aristotle held that the basic composition of everything on earth was made of earth, air, fire, and water but material in the cosmos above the earth was made of a completely different substance
T
The Summa Theologicae was written by Thomas Aquinas
T
Scholasticism was the name given to the type of philosophy done in the middle ages
T
Thomas Aquinas argued that human reason and natural knowledge could support the truths of revealed religion
T
After the 1050 Western Europe saw a general diminishment in the authority of the church and the papacy
F
During the middle ages, around the 1200, few Christians believed in the power of relics
F
The Roman Emperor was the greatest supporter of papal authority
F
The expansion of monasticism was the main force behind the unprecedented artistic and cultural activity of the eleventh and twelfth century
T
During the early middle ages, science had progressed in the Latin West beyond what it had achieved in Islamic areas or in Byzantium.
F
Albert the Great agreed with Plato in that true knowledge did not concern itself with the material world in such disciplines as botany, chemistry or geology
F
The presence of Arabic texts had a great influence on the development of science in the high middle ages (after 1100)
T
Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy
T
The High Middle Ages witnessed the writing down of stories which became national legends such as the Nibelungenlied and the Song of Roland
T
Gothic architecture created means by which more windows and therefore more light could be introduced into the church
T
In the first decade of the 14th century there was a general shortage of food.
T
Although the Black Death was severe in some areas, most of Europe escaped with minimal mortality
F
The years 1300 to 1350, just before the plague, were marked by great economic growth and prosperity
F
The 100 years war was fought between France and England
T
In the Papal bull Unam Sanctam Boniface VIII argued that spiritual power was higher than a temporal power, such as the rule of a king, and therefore all rulers were subject to the papacy
T
King Philip IV of France was the greater defender of papal authority and power
F
The period from 1309 to 1377 and referred to as the Babylonian Captivity refers to the time when the papacy was headquartered in Avignon and not in Rome
T
The Great Schism of the late 14th and early 15th century refers to the fact that at one time there were two popes and even three popes
T
In the late middle ages, the papacy lost power, as kings, political theorists, and religious dissenters challenged papal claims to supreme leadership
T
William of Ockham and Duns Scotus argued that reason alone cannot support the truths of faith
T
Very few persons, if any, would have claimed that the late medieval church had become inefficient and corrupt
F
Mysticism was understood as the more immediate and spiritual communication with God, a communication that bypassed the intercession of the saints
T
By 1500 the Conciliar movement had proved to be a tremendous success at reforming the papacy
F
Jan Hus and John Wycliffe were both promoters of papal authority
F
A Dominican by the name of Tetzel was selling indulgences so that people could get out of purgatory. This event instigated Luther’s composition of the 95 Theses
T
Luther, towards the end of his life, argued that actions such as fasting, pilgrimages and good works, were a clear and helpful means for attaining salvation.
F
The Devotio Moderna was a movement inspired by mysticism
T
Wycliff and Huss were both advocates of religious reform
T
According to Martin Luther, the Roman Catholics had created three walls around themselves, walls of temporal power, the prohibition of none but the pope to interpret scripture, and that the pope has authority over a council
T
Katarina von Bora was the wife of Emperor Charles V and a famous painter as well
F
Ptolemy argued that the sun revolves around the Earth.
T
The physics of Aristotle was in basic agreement with the physics of Newton.
F
Tycho Brahe used his observations to defend the theory of the crystalline spheres as the forces that moved the planets.
F
Keppler, like Copernicus, argued that the earth moves around the sun in a perfect circle.
F
According to Newton, the scientific laws of the universe demonstrate that God did not exist.
F
Renaissance thinkers placed a great importance on the philosophic insights of Plato.
T
Newton established the laws for universal gravity
T
Newton argued that the laws of gravity on earth were not those which affected the planets.
F
By the end of the 17th century the Netherlands had failed to develop into a representational type of government.
F
The Calvinist minority in the Netherlands supported the policies of Phillip II of Spain.
F
The Union of Utrecht (1597) established independence among the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands to protect themselves from spanish aggression.
T
The wealth of the Dutch Republic was gained by land and farming, not by trade and commerce.
F
In the medieval and early modern periods, the Holy Roman Emperors depended upon the powerful noble lords since the position of Emperor was elected and not inherited.
T
The Thirty Years War was fought entirely along religious lines, that is, one side was Catholic and the other entirely protestant.
F
The treaty of Westphalia established a settlement after the 30 Years War
T
The Hapsburg were the ruling family in Austria
T
Muslims created the greatest threat to Austria’s eastern border.
T
