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AP Euro Midterm
Review for the Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Guilds | Association of skilled artisans specializing in a specific skill |
| Illuminated manuscript | writings with illustrations plated with gold leaf |
| block printing | a blank filled with characters made from metal and dipped in ink to make printing faster |
| movable type | use movable components to create documents, device of printing |
| Confucian classics | epochal event in history of printing, entry exam for government positions |
| Estates General | Medieval French parliament, consisted of 3 separate groups: Clergy, Nobles, Peasants |
| Edward III | English King, grandson of Phillip of France |
| Jacquerie | French peasant rebellion |
| Henry V | English King in rule during the 100 years war, attacked the French |
| Treaty of Troyes | Disinherited the legitimate heir to French throne and proclaimed Henry V, successor to Charles VI |
| Joan of Arc | a peasant, whom gave the French numerous victories, French nationalist |
| Three-field system | A system of agriculture where each third of a field is harvested and left fallow separately |
| Black Death | Bubonic plague, caused respiratory issues, causing Europe to lose 2/5 of the population |
| pogroms | organized riots against Jews in the Russian Empire |
| Taille | direct tax on the french peasants |
| statute of laborers | |
| plenitude of Power | declared saints, disposed of benefices and created centralized papal monarchy |
| Pope Innocent III | Pope, established Rota Romana |
| papacy | church laws dictated by the pope |
| Rota Romana | tightened and centralized the churches legal proceedings |