Monday, September 10, 2007

From the textbook, know something about the following terms and questions:

• Black Death; effect of the plague on beliefs during this time
• peasant rebellions
• religious reform and towns
• printing press, literacy
• effects of the mining boom
• effects of the profit economy
• What do you think Lindberg means on p. 41 when he says, "The major crisis of the late medieval era was a crisis of values"? Do you agree with this statement?
• Babylonian captivity; schism
• John Wyclif; Jan Hus
• conciliarism
• Council of Constance
• Frequens
• How did claims to universality by the papacy fail in the aftermath of the schism?
• How did the character of the Renaisssance papacy lead to anticlericalism?

Laurel Carrington carringt@stolaf.edu
Most recent update: September 5, 2007

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