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Middle Ages
MODULE 11 LESSONS 2,3,4,5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened to the Church between 500 and 1000? | Around the 900s, a new spirit infused the Church and brought about a spiritual revival in the clergy. The church began restructuring itself and started massive building programs to create new places of worship. |
| What were some problems with the Church? | Some problems were that priests were nearly illiterate and could barely read their prayers, popes were men of questionable morals, and bishops and abbots cared more about their positions as feudal lords than about their duties as spiritual leaders. |
| What was the name of the pope's group of advisers? | The pope’s group of advisers was called the Papal Curia. The Curia also acted as a court, which developed canon law (the law of the Church) on matters such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance. |
| What were some characteristics of architecture of the Church between 800-1000 AD? | Round arches, a heavy roof held up by thick walls, very little light, dark and gloomy atmosphere, and small in size are all characteristics of Romanesque Architecture. |
| What were the goals of the Crusaders? | The Crusades had economic, social, and political goals as well as religious motives. Muslims controlled Palestine (the Holy Land) and threatened Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor in Constantinople appealed to Christians to stop Muslim attacks. |
| What were some examples of changes in the Medieval Society between 1000-1300 AD? | Advances in agriculture, the development of guilds, expansion of trade and business, development of cities, and revival of learning and education are all things that took place in this shift of the society. |
| What contributed to the advance of agriculture? | Some contributing factors of the advance of agriculture were the switch from oxen to horsepower, the development of the iron plow, and the change from a two to a new three field system. Results of these made daily jobs much easier. |
| What was a guild? | A guild was an organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members. |
| What was the most common trade item once trade expanded? | Clothes were the most common trade item. Other items were bacon, salt, honey, cheese, wine, leather, dye, knives, and ropes. Everything was no longer produced on a self-sufficient manor. |
| How did learning and education revive? | The development of universities in Paris, Bologna, Salerno, and Oxford, written information becoming an everyday language of the people, and Medieval philosophy being based on ancient Greek knowledge and the teachings of Christianity. |
| Who was Britain attacked by in the 800s? | In the 800’S, Britain was attacked by the Danish Vikings.These invaders were so feared that a special prayer was said in Churches: “God, deliver us from the fury of the Northmen.” They were one of the Germanic tribes that invaded the island of Britain. |
| What were the two goals England's government tried to achieve? | The English kings wanted to hold and add to their French lands, as well as strengthen their own power over the nobles and the Church. |
| What is the Magna Carta? | The Magna Carta guaranteed what are now considered basic legal rights both in England and the United States. The Magna Carta became one important step toward the development of a democratic government. |
| Who was Philip II? | Philip II was one of the most powerful Capetians, who ruled from 1180 to 1223. When Philip became king at the age of 15, he set out to weaken the power of the English kings in France. |
| What was the reason for an increase in central government power? | The creation of common law and court systems was a first step toward increased central government power. Including commoners in the decision-making process of government was also an important step in the direction of democratic rule. |
| What were some of the disasters during the 1300s and 1400s in the Medieval world? | The Church’s divide, the Bubonic Plague, and Hundred Years’ wars were all factors that caused the decline of the Middle Ages. |
| What was the Bubonic Plague? | The Bubonic plague was an epidemic and deadly disease that killed approximately one-third of the European population, in places including Asia, North Africa, and Europe. |
| What were some effects/results of the Bubonic Plague? | The Bubonic plague caused 20-25 million deaths, population numbers to fall, trade decline, and mass chaos in several different countries. |
| What was the Hundred Years’ War? | The Hundred Years’ War was between England and France on French soil that lasted for over a century. The war is considered the end of Europe’s Middle Ages |
| What were some other reasons for the decline of the Middle Ages? | Some other causes of the decline were peasants rebellion, the Crusades, the corruption of the Church, the beginnings of democracy in England and France, and the revival of trade and cities. |
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