Medieval Europe, 9/e

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Economic Takeoff and Social Change

Essay Quiz


1		What were the sources of mechanical power after 1000?



2		What were the new agricultural techniques developed in this period?



3		What factors led to the doubling of the population in Europe? What were the positive and negative results of the population expansion?



4		How did social, political, and economic conditions change for peasants in the High Middle Ages? Would you argue that their lives improved or declined?



5		What kinds of opportunities did medieval towns offer to peasants, women, and Jews? How did trade play a part in those opportunities?



6		What were charters and communes? How did guilds function in town life?



7		What were the major trade centers in medieval Europe? What kinds of goods were traded? What was the purpose of the Hanseatic League?



8		How were medieval castles designed? How did their design meet the requirements of both defense and daily life?



9		What were the ideals of chivalry? How did knights demonstrate these values during jousts?



10		What were Chansons de geste? What do they tell us about chivalric values?



11		Describe courtly love? What does the troubadour poetry tell us about relations between men and women?



12		Were medieval women oppressed? If so, by whom?



13		What sorts of agency could specific groups of medieval women exercise? In other words, how could women get and use power?

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