Ch. 11 Humanities

The bonds of feudalism include the following

-Both parties offering hospitality to the other -A grant of land to the vassal

Which are true of courtly love tradition?

-Romance had to follow rules -To love was to suffer -Love ennobled the lovers

Which aspect son medieval culture are reflected in the Song of Roland?

-The loyalty between vassal and chieftain -The glorification of heroism

Medieval noble men were often allowed to

-hire soldiers - inherit land

What aspects would be present in an ideal design for Carolingian monastery?

-symmetry and order -isolation from the outside world

What was an achievement of the Carolingian Renaissance?

A revival of learning and literacy

The Visigoths soundly defeated the Roman army at which battle in the year 378

Adrianople

European commercial centers that grew result of the emerging middle class included

Burges, Milan and Antwerp

The Germanic tribes were driven into Western Europe by Central Asian nomads known as the ________.

Huns

King ____ was forced to sign the Magna Carta

John

Accordion to the Bayeux Tapestry, medieval shields at the time of the Norman Conquest were shaped like_____.

Kites

Married women regained control of their property when they ____

were widowed

The Germanic true borrowed the spur and the stirrup from the

Mongols

The song of Roland gives insight into the period of near-consent warring between The christian crusaders and _____.

Muslims

Beowulf was writing down in which language?

Old English

Beowulf was written down in which language?

Old English

Which of the following is not true about medical serfs?

They could read and write

T Or F: Unlike other types of medical literature, troubadour poems owe debt to Arab poetic forms?

True

T or F: Beowulf is the first significant literary works in a European vernacular language?

True

In 1453, the city of Constantinople was overrun by Muslim_______.

Turks

Which pope called for the First Crusade in 1095 C.E.?

Urban II

The seafarers who shattered the stability of Charlemagne's empire were known as ______

Vikings

The detailed census ordered by William of Normandy was referred to as the

Domesday Book

The song of Roland was sung by which type of professional entertainer?

Jongleurs

The character King Arthur was based on a semi-historical figure from

Wales

The discovery at Sutton Hoo provided insight into which culture?

Anglo-Saxon

Which of the following deserve the style of The Song of Roland?

Chanson de geste

Which of the following was influenced by the legal customs of the Germanic Tribes?

Common law

The principle of _____ stipulated that a nobleman's eldest son would inherit his lands.

Primogeniture

Feudalism developed from the traditions of which cultures?

Roman and Germanic

What does the Bayeux Tapestry depict?

The Norman conquest of England

Because the Germanic tribes lacked the elements of civilization important to the Romans, they were described as________l, which is a word still used today to denote inferior outsiders.

barbarians

The______ , a tool used for spinning because the universal symbol for women.

distaff

Merchants and crafts people often formed______ for the mutual protection of buyers and sellers.

guilds

Unlike Roland, Lancelot fights for_______.

love of a woman

Which of these is not a characteristic of fabliaux

portraying women in a positive light

local markets were usually located near highways or _____.

rivers

The majority of the medical population were unfree peasants also known as ____.

serfs

The Germanic cavalry borrowed spurs and the ________ from mongols.

stirrup