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22 Cards in this Set
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What factors contributed to the revival of learning?
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People needed to read and write to become lawyers and merchants, and needing to read the translated bible.
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What were the purpose of guilds?
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To monopolize trade and train new apprentices in a craft.
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What were the different levels of apprentice-ship?
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Page, journeyman and master.
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Identify the principles of town charters
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Wealthy nobles got exemption from feudal bonds and paying taxes
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What two ideals fought within the church?
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Religion and reason
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Name two important scholastic thinkers
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Peter Abelard
Thomas Equinus |
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Name three battles in the hundred years war
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Battle of Agincourt, Poitiers and Crecy
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What did Joan of Arc feel was her mission?
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To recover French lands and reinstate the French dauphin to the throne.
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Which two houses faught in the War of the Roses?
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The houses of Lancaster and York.
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Who won the battle of the roses?
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The house of York.
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Name three important literary works of the middle ages and their authors
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The Devinne Comedy - Dante
Canterbury Tales - Chaucer The Decameron - Boccaccio |
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How where towns built and what were they like?
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Towns were dirty and flea infested. Garbage was thrown into the streets, and fragile wooden houses were built high up.
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What was the Dogma?
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The group of information that the church believed could answer all questions.
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How was bubonic plague spread?
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By fleas traveling on rats that infested cities and trade ships. Rats died out more during the winter months.
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How did the 100 years war begin?
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When king Charles IV died without an heir, Edward III claimed the French throne.
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Why did the English archers use Longbows?
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They could be fired from long distances and peirce the plate armor of French knights.
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Where were Longbows first developed?
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Wales
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Why didn't the French knights use the Longbow?
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They considered it socially beneath their chivalrous status.
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What major weapon was developed during the middle ages?
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The cannon and the firearm
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On what charges was Joan of Arc put to death?
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Witchcraft, because she heard saints talk to her in her head.
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Why did people begin to distrust the church?
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The church practiced simony, or the selling of church offices.
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Who translated the bible into vernacular?
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Jan Hus
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