Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque Sculpture and Painting
High Middle Ages - Basic Facts
High Middle Ages - Agriculture
High Middle Ages - Cities
100
What is the long central part of a church, often with aisles (long passages) on both sides.
A Nave
100
What is this?
Romanesque Capitals
100
What is a guild?
A medieval association of craftsmen for controlling production and for mutual aid.
100
The mulboard plough was more efficient turning the soil than the ___________.
old Roman plough.
100
What are the two types of cities?
Ancient Roman cities and New boroughs
200
What is the name of this Castle?
Castle of Loarre (Navarra)
200
Reliefs, made of stone, decorate which parts of a church? (name at least 2)
Entrance portals, capitals and cloisters.
200
In which centuries did the High Middle Ages take place?
In the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
200
What innovation only left one third of the land uncultivated.
The three year crop rotation
200
What were the people who lived in the boroughs called?
The bourgeoisie.
300
Can you identify this?
Column
300
What are the two types of Romanesque sculpture
Reliefs and Free standing sculpture
300
Where did thee Muslims controlled territories? (name 1)
Parts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Byzantine Empire.
300
What protected animals´ hooves?
The metal horseshoe
300
Name 3 parts of a city
1. The walls
2. The town hall
3. The market
4. The cathedral, a large church that is the seat of a bishop (only in important cities)
5. The guilds
6. The university (only in a few cities)
7. The hospital
8. The neighborhoods
9. People of the same handicraft and religious minorities lived in the same neighborhood.
400
When (in which centuries) did Romanesque Architecture develop?
Between the 11th and the middle of the 12th century.
400
What are 2 main themes of free standing sculpture?
The themes were the crucified Christ and the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus.
400
The Vikings (or Normans) settled down and created states in which countries? (name 3)
The Vikings (or Normans) settled down and created states in Normandy, England, southern Italy and Sicily.
400
What were the consequences of producing more food in Europe? (name 2 consequences)
This improved the nutrition of people, and made population grow in Europe.
400
Who was the person who ruled the communal council
The mayor
500
Who (which group of people) helped expand Romanesque Architecture?
Benedictine monks
500
What characterizes Romanesque Painting? (name 2)
Thick lines, flat colors, no volume and no background.
500
What is a pariliament?
The representatives from the cities presented petitions to the monarch, and the monarch granted the cities some rights and liberties, especially the right to govern themselves (town councils/ayuntamientos).
500
In agriculture, what is a collar?
it allowed horses to be attached to the plough.
500
What is a "fuero"?
a document given by the monarch that allowed the cities to have an autonomous government.