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| how did storms and poor weather directly affect local populations in the high middle ages |
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Definition
| because long distance transportation of food was expensive, most urban areas relied on food sources within a days traveling distance |
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| all of the following were symptoms of the 14th century plague except |
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Definition
| hallucinations and persistent ringing in the ears |
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| which of the following correctly describes the spread of the plague |
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Definition
| it spread from italy to marseilles to southern france and spain |
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Term
| how did the clergy respond to the plague |
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Definition
| the clergy and nuns cared for the sick and buried the dead, remaining in towns from which even physicians fled |
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| people responded to the plague in all of the following ways except |
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Definition
| they fled to cities where better medical care was available |
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Term
| how was the economic position of laborers affected by the plague |
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Definition
| labor shortages resulted in better wages and a higher standard of living for the broad mass of the people |
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Term
| on what basis did the French seek to exclude Edward III of England from the french crown |
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Definition
| the french claimed that salic law forbade women from passing the right to rule to her son |
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Term
| what was the family background of joan of arc |
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Definition
| her parents were wealthy peasants |
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Term
| how did the english gain hold of joan of arc |
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Definition
| the english bought her from the burgundians when the french king refused to ransom her |
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Term
| how was the authority of the english parliament expanded during the course of the hundred years war |
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Definition
| the king signed legislation requiring parliamentary approval of all nonfedual taxes |
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Term
| how did urban VI undermine his own position with the cardinals |
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Definition
| attacked clerical luxury and even threatened to excommunicate some cardinals |
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Term
| how did william of occam challenge the ideas of st. thomas aquinas |
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Definition
| he questioned the connection between reason faith that had been developed by Aquinas |
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Term
| the council of constance sought to achieve all of the following except |
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Definition
| establishing papal supremacy to politial leaders |
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Term
| how did the french nobility respond to the jacquerie |
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Definition
| they mercilessly crushed the rebellion, killing thousands of peasants and did not institute reforms |
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Term
| how did the guild structure change in some 14th century manufacturing |
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Definition
| greater divisions emerged among shop masters as production became more specialized with some masters becoming wealthy employers and others more dependent laborers |
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Term
| why did cities begin to require that prostitutes wear distinctive clothing |
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Definition
| so that prostitutes would not be mistaken for honorable women |
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Term
| a woman who brought rape charges against an attacker was most often interested in |
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Definition
| reclaiming her honorable reputation |
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Term
| in what context did same sex relationships involving men typically develop in the 14th century |
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Definition
| in all male environments such as the army and the craft shop |
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Term
| how did a legal dualism exist for immigrants into a new region |
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Definition
| immigrants were subject to the laws and the customs from which they came but not to those of the land into which they immigrated |
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Term
| how does Chaucer's Canterbury Tales reflect the cultural tensions of the 14th century |
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Definition
| the characters in the story are ostensibly christian but are more prominently materialistic, sensual and worldly |
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