Medieval Europe, 9/e

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The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Creativity

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Essay Quiz


1		What was the philosophy of the New Nominalists? How did their beliefs constitute a refutation of Scholasticism?



2		How did writers and philosophers respond to the atmosphere of despair in the fourteenth century? How did these people confront the disasters in their work?



3		Why is Dante's Divine Comedy considered a perfect medieval work by some and something entirely new by others?



4		What did Boccaccio's The Decameron reveal about new attitudes in the wake of the plague?



5		What does Chaucer's work tell us about society's problems in the fourteenth century?



6		How did van Eyck combine realism and symbolism in his paintings?



7		What were the accomplishments of Genghis Khan?



8		What were some of the outstanding features of the Mongol Empire?



9		Why was it significant that the Polos were Venetians? What new ideas and inventions did Marco Polo's writings introduce to Europeans?



10		How did the Ottoman Empire expand?



11		Describe the rise of the new empires in the east. How did these empires' interactions with Europe compare with the interactions of Europeans with Muslims in the 11^th to 13^th centuries?



12		How did Ivan III establish Moscow as the "Third Rome"? What was the significance of that phrase?



13		How did the methods of consolidation used by rulers in the new eastern empires compare with the methods of French and English rulers?



14		When did the Middle Ages end?

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