THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES & ROMANESQUE & GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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1. Were people healthier in the year 1000AD than people in 14^th century Europe? Why / why not?
2. How did people’s thinking change with regards the church after 1000AD?
3. What was the name given to the elite and wealthy merchants and artisans? The B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e
4. Were cities healthy places to live? Why / why not?
5. What were guilds?
6. What was the 12^th century Renaissance?
7. Which were the first universities of Europe? (Name 3)
8. What were the four faculties of a medieval university?

L______ A_____ / M____________ / L________ & T_______

9. What buildings were constructed at this time during the boom in architecture?
10. Who was Thomas Aquinas?
11. What type of literature was developed at this time?
12. Although Latin was still important, there was a development in which languages at this time?
13. Did the monarchies lose or increase their power?
14. What type of government was being established throughout Western Europe at this time? P______________
15. Why was the 14^th century considered the worst century to have been lived in European history?
16. Which war, lasting 116 years, was fought during the 14^th century?
17. Which two nations fought in this war?
18. When did the Black Death sweep across Europe?
19. How many people died in Europe as a result of the Black Death?
20. What was another name for the Black Death? The P_____
21. Why was it called ‘Black’ Death?
22. The Church blamed which religious group for the plague?
23. There were several rebellions during this period. Who rebelled in England and France?
24. What animal was responsible for the spread of the Black Death throughout Europe?
25. How did people contract the bubonic plague?
26. In which European country did the Black Death begin?
27. Which places in Europe were not affected by the Black Death?
28. What was the death rate of the Black Death?
29. Explain how the Black Death began, arrived in Europe and then spread
30. Why was the death toll due to the plague so high? (two reasons)
31. There were successive waves of the plague until which year in the 15^th century?
32. What problems did the climate change of the early 14^th century provoke in Europe?
33. What are the three characteristics of the Romanesque style of architecture?
34. Why is the Romanesque called the Romanesque?
35. What were the characteristics of the Gothic style?
36. Where was the Gothic style created?
37. Why did Giorgio Vasari invent the term ‘Gothic’ in the 17^th century?
38. Where can you find the biggest concentration of Romanesque churches?
39. Name 3 Gothic cathedrals in Spain?
40. Flying buttresses, rose windows and pointed arches are characteristic of what style of architecture?
41. Small windows, thick walls, barrel vault and round arches are characteristic of what style of architecture?