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Ca 1350 a Franciscan friar (monk), Luca Pacioli sometimes called "the father of accounting" used this kind of book keeping (accounting) that permitted an instant determination of profit or loss. (2 words, p. 334)
2
Special showcases built to display on altars in churches and in processions through towns, the wafer transformed into the actual body of Christ." (p. 343)
3
In medieval illustrations of Hell, bureaucrats and lawyers as devils kept strict records of human sins. They are symbolized by wearing this new invention (ca 1300 AD). (p.334)
5
From 1347-1353, around 40% of the population of Europe died from the ________. (2 words, p.355)
6
Venetian merchant published a book "Description of the World" (ca 1300 AD) describes his journey into Asia and China as a captive of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. (2 words, p.323)
7
During a Jubilee (special promotion), this pope offered a crusader-level "indulgence" (get out of Hell free card = forgiveness for all sins) to pilgrims who visited Rome (vice other holy pilgrimage sites such as Jerusalem, Santiago di Compostella in Spain or Bari, Italy). (Use Arabic rather than Roman numerals, p. 341)
8
Pope during the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy who bragged "I would sell a bishopric to a jackass if I thought it could turn a profit." (use Arabic not Roman numerals p. 342)
9
Philip 4 of France's only daughter, she married a king of England causing succession problems for the Capetian line of French kings. (p. 348)
10
Dante's deceased lover who leads him through Paradise in the "Divine Comedy." ( ca. 1300 AD, p. 340)
12
Expansionist King of England ca 1300 AD, he expelled Jews, conquered Wales, stole the "Stone of Destiny" from Scotland and built crusader-scale fortresses within in England. (Use Arabic numerals, pp. 345-7)
13
China built the Great Wall of China to try to keep them out. (p.324)
14
Late Medieval/Renaissance painters borrowed this technique from Byzantine icon painters that mixed color pigments with water and natural gums (for adhesion) that permitted them to do portable paintings (rather than frescoes--pigment added to wet plaster on walls). (p.336)
15
Powerful French King ca 1300 put the popes into captivity, dominated the British & Dutch (Flanders) militarily, forcibly eliminated/expelled key groups (Templar Knights & Jews) to whom his country owed huge debts. He is called "The Fair" for his fair hair/complexion but also because he called the first "Estates General" wherein representatives of the 3 social classes in his realm committed their support to his national cause. (p.341, 345, note chart on p.348)
16
The "Golden Age of Islam" (in scholarship & culture especially) came to an end ca 1258 AD, when the Mongols besieged and sacked this former capitol of the Abbasid Caliphate. (p. 328)
17
The popes were held "captive" in a palace in this town in S. France for 70 years during the 1300's AD. (p. 341)
18
The Bubonic plague normally produced large swellings on the groin, neck and ______ . (p. 353)
19
Painter from Florence, Italy ca 1300 whose wall frescoes and portable paintings showed people and animals in life-like ways doing every-day sorts of things (naturalism). Even though he comes about a century earlier, he is sometimes called "the first painter of the Renaissance."(p. 337)
20
Dominican friar (monk ca 1300 AD) whose mystical writings taught individuals how to get in touch with the "divine spark" in their souls, without the help of clergy and sacraments. Popes condemned his writings for this reason. (p. 343)
21
Powerful family from Florence, Italy that had banks in the major cities of Europe advancing credit for businesses. (p.334)
22
English philosopher ca 1350 (famous for his "razor" principle, also known as "nominalism") who restricted the use of rational argument to the study of the natural world. (p. 335 AD)
23
This important port city in south-central Italy was part of the Norman (Germanic) Kingdom of Sicily in the Middle Ages. (p. 340 AD)
24
French king ca 1250 AD famous for his religious piety (devotion to the Church) and his commitment to kingly duties. He built the magnificent Sainte-Chapelle in Paris to house the holy relic of the crown of thorns of Christ. (p. 344-5)
25
For seven years from 1315-1322 AD, 10-15% of the population of Europe died from ____________. (p.349)
26
This city of the Rus tribes rose to dominance after the Mongol Invasions (ca 1240 AD) and because of its commitment to the Orthodox version of Christianity (they were converted by the Byzantine Empire) became hostile toward the formerly crusading Catholic states of Western Europe. (pp.326-7)
27
They were the actual transmitters of the Bubonic Plague. (p.353)
28
Before the Mongol Invasion ca 1240 AD, this city dominated the land of the Russians (Rus tribes) economically, culturally and politically. (pp.325-6)
29
They carried the transmitters of the Bubonic Plague to Europe. (p. 353)
