A Distant Mirror Reading Assignment Part 1 Answers and Feudalism in Europe Answers
1.
Uncertain and antipodal information in regards to dates, numbers, and logical facts. foreword: xv
The overburden of negative information based upon events. foreword: xviii
2.
The reunification of the material word 2: 36
The thought that money was evil and beauty vain 2: 36
Desire for anything, knowledge etc., was vainglory 2: 36
3.
Nobles had control over all other non-nobles within his territory, excluding clergy and merchants of a free town. 1: 16
Nobles were tax-exempt 1: 16
4.
Country: France 2: 24
City: Avignon 2: 24
5.
Boniface VIII died a month after being arrested by Philip IV’s agents. 2: 25
6.
King Philip VI of France initiated the 100 Years War 2: 48
7.
Children were mostly left alone and forgotten for their first five to six years 3: 52
Children had normal toys, like we would have in today’s world, and boys acted the same way then as they do now. 3: 52
8.
The mechanical clock- To help tell time efficiently and more accurately (Used mainly by nobles) 3: 54
The invention of the mill- Used to tan skins, saw wood, press olive oil, mash malt for beer etc. 3: 55
9.
To reach the next world, Paradise, salvation, and to be one with God. 3: 59
10.
Courtly love. 3:67
11.
Roman de la Rose (most popular book of the age) or Image du Monde (most widely read encyclopedia) 3: 58 & 9: 218
12.
Black swellings the size of an egg or apple under the arms and near the groin. They oozed blood and pus and were soon proceeded by black spots on the skin, created by internal bleeding. 5: 92
13.
It destroyed about a third of Europe’s population, so approximately 20 million people died. However, the numbers are not exact and no one truly knows how many died. 5: 94
The dead died too fast for the living to bury them. 5: 94
The Black Death caused Florentine bankruptcies, crop failures, and worker riots. 5: 96
14.
Throughout all cities; Paris, Flanders, London, and York, the plague ripped
Uncertain and antipodal information in regards to dates, numbers, and logical facts. foreword: xv
The overburden of negative information based upon events. foreword: xviii
2.
The reunification of the material word 2: 36
The thought that money was evil and beauty vain 2: 36
Desire for anything, knowledge etc., was vainglory 2: 36
3.
Nobles had control over all other non-nobles within his territory, excluding clergy and merchants of a free town. 1: 16
Nobles were tax-exempt 1: 16
4.
Country: France 2: 24
City: Avignon 2: 24
5.
Boniface VIII died a month after being arrested by Philip IV’s agents. 2: 25
6.
King Philip VI of France initiated the 100 Years War 2: 48
7.
Children were mostly left alone and forgotten for their first five to six years 3: 52
Children had normal toys, like we would have in today’s world, and boys acted the same way then as they do now. 3: 52
8.
The mechanical clock- To help tell time efficiently and more accurately (Used mainly by nobles) 3: 54
The invention of the mill- Used to tan skins, saw wood, press olive oil, mash malt for beer etc. 3: 55
9.
To reach the next world, Paradise, salvation, and to be one with God. 3: 59
10.
Courtly love. 3:67
11.
Roman de la Rose (most popular book of the age) or Image du Monde (most widely read encyclopedia) 3: 58 & 9: 218
12.
Black swellings the size of an egg or apple under the arms and near the groin. They oozed blood and pus and were soon proceeded by black spots on the skin, created by internal bleeding. 5: 92
13.
It destroyed about a third of Europe’s population, so approximately 20 million people died. However, the numbers are not exact and no one truly knows how many died. 5: 94
The dead died too fast for the living to bury them. 5: 94
The Black Death caused Florentine bankruptcies, crop failures, and worker riots. 5: 96
14.
Throughout all cities; Paris, Flanders, London, and York, the plague ripped