H113 Western Civilization to 1500

Study Guide IV (covering Chapter 12 and 13)

 

1. What did monarch do to cope with the agrarian crises in the early 14th century?

2. How did the clergy behave during the Great Plague or Black Death?

3. What made the Plague more vulnerable in cities?

4. What was the economic result of the Black Death?

5. Why did some French nobles support the English King during the Hundred Years War?

6. Why did the English win the Battle of Crécy?

7. What were the beliefs of the Conciliarist Theologians?

8. Who saved France during the Hundred Years War?

9. What were the consequences of the Hundred Years War for England and France?

10. What happened to Rome during the Babylonia Captivity?

11.What did John Wyclif teach about Christianity?

12. What did the Council of Constance accomplish?

13. Who was involved in the rebellions that swept across Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries?

14. What factors account for Florentine economic vitality?

15.Where did the artistic and literary manifestations of the Italian Renaissance first appear?

16.In Renaissance society what was the official attitude toward rape?

17.What was the purpose of Italian balance-of-power diplomacy?

18.What were the central components of Italian Renaissance culture?

19.To what did Laura Cereta ascribe the inferiority of women?

20. What social group actually participated directly in Renaissance Culture?

21.According to Machiavelli, what was the sole test of good government?

22. What made up the policies of the "New Monarchs" in the 15th century?

23.What policies did Charles VII follow in centralizing French government?

24. How did the Tudors win the upper middle class to their side?

25. How did the Catholic Kings of Spain enhance royal authority?