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AP World History Ch 10 Reading Study Guide #2 P. 232-243
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· Peter Abelard
· Bernard of Clairvaux
· Thomas Aquinas
· Scholasticism
· Gothic
· Hanseatic League
· Capitalism
· Guilds
· Black Death
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1. Who was considered “the philosopher” by Medieval Western Europeans? Pg. 232
2. What was the significance of Peter Abelard’s “Yes & No”? Pg. 232
3. Why did St. Bernard oppose the combination of rational thought with Christian faith? Pg. 232
4. What was the dominant intellectual theme in the post-classical west? Pg. 232
5. What were the differences between Western and Chinese universities? Pg. 232
6. Where did Medieval European scholars gain additional information by the 12th Century? Pg. 232
7. Who was Ibn-Rushd (Averroes)? Pg. 232-233
8. What was the contribution of St. Thomas Aquinas? Pg. 233
9. What is scholasticism? Pg. 233
10. Why was Medieval European philosophy/science/learning limited? What was its emphasis? Pg. 233
11. Why did the worship of the Virgin Mary come about in the 12th Century? Pg. 233
12. What was the purpose of medieval art and architecture? Pg. 233
13. What is the gothic architectural style? How can it be seen as Postclassical Western European civilization? Pg. 233
14. What did English author Geoffrey Chaucer write about? Pg. 234
15. Name four major literary works in vernacular languages during the late Middle Ages. Pg.234
16. What was the general attitude toward trade and commerce among Medieval Aristocrats? Pg. 234-235
17. Describe the life of a serf in Medieval Europe. Pg. 235
18. What was the “crucial social inequality in Europe”? Pg. 235
19. Describe the several forms of rising trade in Western Europe. Pg. 235-236
20. What was the Hanseatic League? How did it facilitate trade? Pg. 236
21. Describe the fascinating life of Jacques Coeur in a sentence or two. Pg. 236
22. How did artisans and craftsmen protect their trades? Pg. 237
23. How did these organizations differ drastically from emerging proto-capitalism? Pg. 237
24. How long did a serf have to stay in a city to earn his/her full freedom? Pg. 237
25. What was the distinctly Christian view of women? Pg.237
26. What role did urban women play in local commerce? Pg.237-238
27. How does it compare with Muslim and Chinese views of women in the postclassical era? Pg. 238
28. How did the Hundred Years’ War change the role of feudal knights & warfare? Pg. 238
29. What new weapons technologies were introduced during this war? Pg.238
30. Who was Joan of Arc? Why do you think she is now considered a great heroine in French history? Pg.238
31. What catastrophic event took place starting in 1347/8 with continued outbreaks thereafter? Pg.238
32. What contributed to the decline of medieval society? Pg.238-240
a. Land-owning aristocracy
b. Professional militaries
c. Balance of church and state
d. Breakdown in intellectual and artistic synthesis
33. Describe the groups and techniques that were copied and imitated by the “west”. Why is this important? Pg.240-241
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