UNIT 3 - MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

In the EMA, villains/ peasants only worked for the knights. True. False.

One of the main characteristics of feudalism as it was practiced in England is the presence of a weak monarch. True. False.

“House of Lords” makes reference to the section of Parliament made up by those people who are invited to members of it. True. False.

During the whole MA, the system of goods production was characterized by its complexity and division of labor. True. False.

One of the main consequences of the Black Death was a shortage of labour force. True. False.

The EMA saw the emergence of the conflict between faith and reason, as result of which science developed. True. False.

Cities were clean, safe places; their streets were often called after very important people, like Kings, Queens or Barons. True. False.

John Wycliffe criticized the theory of consubstantiation. He was in favor of the theory of transubstantiation. True. False.

Statute of Praemunire stated that it was illegal to bring church law cases before the Papal Roman Courts. True. False.

One of the results of Edward I’s Model Parliament is the complete formation of the two houses within parliament: The House of Lords and the House of Commons. True. False.

By the end of the MA, English was the only language spoken in England. True. False.

In the LMA, those villains who made a contract with a Lord to rent his land were referred to as tenant farmers. True. False.

As regards the consequences of the Babylonish captivity for the history of England, we can name the growth of two feelings: anticlericalism and nationalism. True. False.

In the LMA, there was only one profitable possibility for big landholders: to lease/ rent their land. True. False.

Statute of Preamunire (Edward III) stated that it was illegal to let papal bulls enter the country without the King’s permission. True. False.

Only when an apprentices became a journeyman, he received his first paid. However, he was only allowed to be a member of a guild after having produced a good masterpiece. True. False.

The emergence of a “lay culture” with ideas opposing the church’s ideology was speeded up by the invention of the printing. True. False.

Pluralism within the church referred to the existence of many churchmen and priest within the institution of the church. True. False.

The importance of the Great Charter of the Year 1215 is that it changed Parliament’s structure and composition. True. False.

Medieval people played many of the sports we play today, but the games were often more violent. True. False.

The two most important things invented during the MA were the printing and carriages. True. False.

The greatest buildings of the MA were castles. They showed how important and rich the barons were at that time. True. False.

"Domestic system” was the name given to the system of goods production based on capital. It was called Domestic because craftsmen still worked at home. True. False.

Roads were in good conditions and there were no security problems, so people usually travelled alone in their comfortable carriages. True. False.

Statue of Mortmain (Edward I) stated that it was forbidden the sending of English benefits to the Pope. True. False.

Within the feudal system, the King was the “real” owner of the whole land, although in practice, Barons acted like land-owners. True. False.

The Wars of the Roses ended in 1485, when the first Tudor King, Henry VII, took control of the government. True. False.

Scutage implied that many Barons changed -in some way- their relation with the King. True. False.

With the emergence of the capital system, city life replaced rural life in importance. True. False.

Statute of Provisors (Edward III) stated that it was illegal to bequeath land to the English Church without the King’s consent. True. False.

Pilgrimages were the only chance for rich and poor people to meet as equal. True. False.

J. Duns the Scots and W. Ockham wrote “Summa Teologica”, in which they stated that faith and reason could not be combined in any way. True. False.

The great Charter of the Year 1215 (Magan carta) was passed in times of King Henry I. True. False.

The Higher Middle Classes appeared as a consequence of the enormous growth in wool trade. True. False.

The two main English universities, Cambridge and Oxford, were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries respectively. True. False.

The LMA meant the end of the Church monopoly on education. True. False.

Medieval society was characterized by being a Theo-centered one; i.e. everything turned around the figure of man. True. False.