HUM - Christendom (Chapter 6)

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"Christendom" refers to?
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Christian community of the Middle Ages
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Dante's Commedia is divided into three books, each containing thirty-three...
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Cantos
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Four major pilgrimage routes linked cities in France with the favorite shrine of Christian pilgrims, the...?
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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
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According to the medieval Catholic teachings, what was the intermediate realm where Christmas were punished for repented sins that had not been expiated before their deaths?
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Purgatory
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In the commedia, who guided Dante through hell?
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Virgil
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Most gothic churches were dedicated to..?
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the Virgin Mary
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Saint Francis differed from the monastics that preceded him because he...?
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Rejected a cloistered life
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The interdict and excommunication were methods by which...?
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The church maintained its authority
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The most important of the seven sacraments and central ritual of the Mass is...?
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The Eucharist
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The popular medieval drama "Everyman" is an example of a...?
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Morality play
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The sacraments by which medieval Christians hoped to receive the grace of God..
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Were codified by an early 13th century church council
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The university of Bologna, one of the first medieval universities, was dedicated primarily to the study of....?
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Law
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The writings of which classical philosopher had the greatest influence on the rise of medieval scholasticism?
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Aristotle
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What is a FALSE statement about medieval towns?
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By 12th century, the majority of Europeans lived in towns.
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What are true statements about medieval towns?
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Some towns frew into self-governing city-states, the rise of towns coincided with and contributed to the rise of fhe middle class, medieval towns usually developed out of marketplaces
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What was NOT a characteristic of Dante's commedia?
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Latin prose
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Characteristics of Dante's Commedia?
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Numerology, historical figures, allegory