Medieval Europe, 9/e

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The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Creativity

Famine, Plague, and Recovery

Essay Quiz


1		What factors led up to the famine that began in 1315?



2		How did the Black Death arrive in Europe? What were reactions to the spread of the disease?



3		How were people's reactions to the disasters of the fourteenth century shaped by their social, cultural, and religious experiences? What was the role of science in explaining some of the disasters?



4		How did peasants and townspeople react to the pressures placed upon them by the labor shortage?



5		How did the disasters of the fourteenth century undermine the manorial system?



6		What gains were made by those who participated in the revolts? What, if any, were the long-term changes resulting from the revolts?



7		In the struggle between popes and kings over who should lead a Christian Europe, popes had dominated in the thirteenth century. When the struggle reopened in the fourteenth century, kings prevailed. Why? Review the events that led to the Great Schism and its resolution.



8		Why did the popes move to Avignon? What were the changes made in papal administration by the Avignon popes?



9		What was the Great Schism? How was it resolved?



10		Who were the conciliarists? Did they succeed in their goals?

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