Humanities Chapter 11

The "invincible" Roman army was defeated near Constantinople at the battle of

Adrianople

The term cloisonne means

Enamel work produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin gold paritions

The Normans brought feudalism to which of the following?

England

The bond of loyalty between a chieftain and his warriors is called which of the following

Fealty

The Germanic tribes introduced which of the following to lands they conquered?

Fealty, an idea that would lead to feudalism

The main building inside a castle complex is called the

Keep

Castle-fortresses featured

Keeps, Crenellations, and moats

Germanic law was based on

a collection of royal customs

Kennings are

two-term metaphors

England was transformed into one of Europe's leading medieval states as a result of what invasion

Norman

The Normans directly traced their ancestry to the

Vikings

The three epic poems of the early Middle Ages were

Beowulf, The Song of the Nibelungen, and the Song of Roland

The first monumental literary composition in European vernacular language was

Beowulf

The Frankishn chieftan responsible for re-unifying the fallen Roman Empire under Christan leadership was

Charlemagne

Chivalry demanded the following qualities out of a night

Courage in battle, loyal to Lord, and reverent towards women

The system of military and political organization known as feudalism centered on

Descendants of dukes and counts appointed by Charles the great

Charlemagne is known for his

Renaissance of learning

The rise of the middle class was marked by

Reopening of trade routes and increased agricultural production

During this era, the only toe-hold of European occupation claimed by Islamic peoples was in

Spain

As early as the first century BCE the biggest threat to the Roman Empire was

The Germanic Tribes

The quintessential lyrical representations of fighting nobility in the feudal age is

The Song of Roland

Which of the following was to blame for the famous sack of Rome when much of the city was destroyed?

The Vandals

The key circumstance that led to feudalism was

The Viking invasion

The type of copyist writing favored by the Carolingian monks and nuns in the direct ancestor of the modern typography and is called which of the following?

The minuscule

Enamel work produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin gold partitions is called

cloisonne

What were the lasting effects of courtly love?

concepts of Romantic love in Western literature

In "the Song of Roland", the following aspect of early medieval culture is demonstrated

exclusion of women from the epic

Lancelot is an example of the chivalric ideal in that he

fights NOT for country nor Lord but to win the affections of his mistress.

Christian crusades resulted in

great wealth in Italian cities

The poetry of the troubadours was

monophonic and syllabic poems exalting the passionate affection of a gentleman for a lady

The life of serfs most closely resembled

old Roman farmers

Jongleurs were

professional entertainers who chanted heroes stories

The "Song of Roland" and "Bayeaux Tapestry" have the following in common

sweeping narratives with irregular episodes

The principle of primogeniture allowed

the eldest male heir of an aristocratic family to inherit the entire estate.