Early Western Civilization Quiz 9 – Flashcards
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Chivalry
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was a means of legitimizing social positions acquired through either bravery or skill.
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The "Renaissance of the Twelfth Century" should ultimately be considered a:
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revival of classical texts creatively adapted to the unique Christian culture of the High Middle Ages.
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The most representative genre of literature popular during the High Middle Ages was the:
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fabliau
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was a central character in the development of:
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a change in how women were viewed in European courts.
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Europe was transformed radically in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries because of:
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the emergence and growth of universities. technological innovations. the new vernacular literature. the emergence of large-scale territorial monarchies.
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To preserve their political independence, the popes of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries:
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sanctioned Milan's formation of an anti-German alliance, the Lombard League.
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The tradition of French administration that balanced local diversity of custom with bureaucratic centralization in Paris began with:
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Philip II, "Augustus."
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Waldes's reform movement in the late twelfth century was considered heretical by the Church because the Waldensians did not:
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accept the Church's authority and directives on the issue of lay preaching.
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King Frederick II of Germany:
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pursued his grandfather's policy of supporting the German princes while enforcing imperial rights throughout the empire.
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By the early fourteenth century, the English Parliament had emerged as a:
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representative assembly. legislative body. political body. financial body.
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The increasing persecution of European Jews in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries should be interpreted in the context of:
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general Christian concerns about heresy and the growing suspicion of Jews at all levels of society.
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In the twelfth century, the central focus for Christianity was:
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the mass
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The term university originally meant a:
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corporation or guild.
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The rise of lay education in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Europe was important because through it:
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people were increasingly able to pursue nonreligious lines of inquiry, and Western culture ultimately became more independent of religion than other cultures.
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The Magna Carta was signed by King John:
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to define the rights of nobles and limit his power, doing so only because his barons forced him into it.
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Modern universities can trace their origin ultimately back to the:
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Abelard at Notre-Dame in Paris.
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The Fourth Lateran Council:
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defined the central dogmas of the Church. set rules for the behavior of priests. established distinctive apparel for non-Christians. established free primary schools in major European cities.
