What were the causes for the decline of the Roman Church’s authority?
What event caused a major split in the Catholic Church in the 14th century?
What is the Great Schism?
What was the name of the legal document granting freedoms to townspeople?
What is a charter?
What Italian city gained a monopoly on Mediterranean trade?
What is Venice?
What name was given to the new urban-based class?
the middle class
What were the two parts of the liberal arts curriculum?
What are the trivium and quadrivium?
Where did the popes reside during the Avignon Papacy?
What is Avignon, France?
What organization regulated business and quality in towns?
What is a guild?
What was the main northern trade region in Europe?
What is Flanders?
Name two occupations in the middle class.
What are merchants and craftsmen?
What type of institution replaced monastery schools?
What is a university?
Who was the powerful pope at the height of papal power?
Who is Innocent III?
Name one basic freedom town charters provided.
What is free status / commercial privilege / exemption from manorial duty?
What replaced the barter system and supported trade?
What is money / coinage?
What did nobles fear losing to the middle class?
What is political and social power?
What method tried to reconcile faith and reason?
What is Scholasticism?
What weakened the Church's influence over kings?
What is the rise of strong monarchies?
What did apprentices need to submit to become masters?
What is a masterpiece?
What type of institution grew from moneychangers?
What is a bank?
What did towns prefer over feudal lords?
What is national kings / strong monarchy?
Who wrote Summa Theologica?
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
What practice did the Church forbid that conflicted with economic needs?
What is usury?
What were the three levels in a craft guild?
What are apprentice, journeyman, and master?
Name one of the three main medieval trade routes.
What is the Silk Road / Central / Southern route?
What made the middle class different from nobles?
What is wealth by trade, not land?
What ancient philosopher influenced Scholastics?
Who is Aristotle?