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The post-classical period in western history between the fall of the roman empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the...? |
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How was the medieval west not like other civilizations at that time? |
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What was the impact of Christianity on polytheistic religons in western europe? |
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conversion of most believers of other faiths |
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Why was europe so anxious about the more powerful muslim world? |
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What were signs of vitality in the medieval western culture following the roman empire's fall? |
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Rise of Population and Economy |
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Following the Fall of Rome where was the center of the post classical west? |
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Who were the invaders who disrupted the development of political institutions in the medieval west until the tenth century? |
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The system that described econimic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called...? |
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Agricultural Laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called....? |
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What benefits did Serfs get from the manorial system? |
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What were the strenghts and weaknesses of the manorial system? |
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Limited production but rather appealing |
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What is the three field rotation system? |
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A third of all land is left unplanted. |
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The members of military elite who recieved land in return for military service i nthe bands of the greater lords were called? |
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How did feudalism impact the medieval world? |
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It greatly impacted it, giving kings even more power |
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Who usually actually appointed Church bishops after 500? |
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Popes, but Monarch and local Lords held the right to do so as well |
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What Frankish King was responsible for the conversion of his people to christianity in order to gain a vague domination over the Franks? |
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What belief did the conversion of Germanic kings create among the western religious leaders particularly the pope? |
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They had authority separate from and greater than the power of the political sphere |
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Benedict of nursia was responsible for what accomplishments in the sixth century? |
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The most important set of monastic rules |
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What were the benefits of the monastic movement in western europe? |
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Served as a holy life and lead to greater cultivation |
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What Dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the eighth century? |
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In what year was Charlemagne able to establish a substantial, if temporary, empire in France and Germany? |
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Why were the holy romans emperors not very powerful? |
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Relied too much on imperial claims. |
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What was the impact of the improved economy after the tenth century? |
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How did the introduction of feudal monarchy into England compare to the political experience of France? |
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By what century did france achieve a complete feudal monarchy? |
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When did England become a feudal monarchy? |
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What areas were affected by expansion from western europe? |
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In what year did Pope Urban II call for the first crusade? |
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The Reforming monastic orders founded in Assisi in the thirteenth century were created by...? |
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Pope Gregory VII decreed the practice of investiture invalid. What is investiture? |
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Practice of State Appoinment |
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The 4th crusade manipulated the merchants in Venice who turned their attack on... |
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In the twelfth century, what Parisan scholar the author of Yes and No utilized logic to examne the ecclesiastical doctrine? |
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What twelfth century monk stressed the importance of mystical union with God over logic and philosophy? |
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The leading figure in the synthesis of classical rational philosophy with Christian theology was a teacher at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century named... |
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Becaused of it's base in the universatites of Western Europe, the dominant medieval approach was referred to as... |
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During the eleventh century what new architectural style featurin pointed arches and fly buttresses became dominant in western europe? |
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What were the functions of the merchant and artisan guild? |
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Creation of cloth, bread and jewelry |
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One of Europes most extraordinary merchants |
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What was the result of the hundred years war? |
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Victory for the English and nearly crippling both nations |
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What ws the greatest threat to Western Vitality? |
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What was more important for later western developments medieval economics or classical? |
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Classical, Even today Classical principals still stand. |
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