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Chapter 14
Question | Answer |
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The kings of France like those of England looked for.... | ways to increase their power |
What was a crusade | was one of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims |
What were the three problems in the church. | Many priests got married and had children and families, the selling of church bishops (church officials), the practice of lay investructure |
What did Gothic architecture include | ribbed vaults supported roof's weight, flying buttresses transferred weight to walls, pointed arches framed huge stained glass windows, tall spires seemed to be pointing to heaven |
What did Romanesque architecture look like | rounded arches held up by pillars and thick walls and tiny windows to let in light |
Why was the cathedral called "the City of God" | They were built in the city and the worshiped god inside. |
What were the new inventions that helped grow the food supply | horse power and the three field system |
A guild was... | an organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members |
The expansion of trade and business was | the Commercial Revolution |
How many people did a typical town in a medieval city have | 1,500 to 2,500 |
The contact with the Muslims and Byzantines brought | a new interest in learning |
What did the scholar Thomas Aquinas do | argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument |
Who claimed the English crown and invaded England with a Norman army | William the conqueror |
What did Hugh Capet start | the Capetian dynasty |
What years did Philip II rule | from 1180 to 1223 |
Who was the most powerful ruler of the Capetian dynasty | Philip II |
The magna carta helped lead to | democracy |
How many estates was the estate general broken up in to | 3 |
In england the parliament could do what that in france was not possible | control the power of the king |
What killed one-third of the population of western europe | the plague |
Reasons of plague | trash on streets caused more rodents and rodents carry fleas |
100 years of war ended | chivalry (invention of the longbow) |
How many popes were in the great schism | 3 |
Popes would live in avignon for how many more years | 69 |
Joan of Arc was | a french peasent |