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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerard Groote found?

2. Who condemned Enguerrand's sale of dynastic property?

3. Where does Gregory say Rome is?

4. Whom does Enguerrard recommend when Charles nominates him for Constable?

5. Who was appointed Captain-General of the pope's forces in 1371?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflicts take place in Italy after Robert's reign?

2. What bad news do the English get during their one-year truce with France?

3. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

4. What are marriages typically like in 14th-century France?

5. How is the Black Death handled when it returns in 1373-74?

6. Describe Enguerrand's campaign in Alsace.

7. Why do the English commoners revolt, and how does Richard II quell their rebellion?

8. What happens when Charles goes mad?

9. What are conditions like in England in 1376?

10. What is Enguerrand VI's reign like for the peasants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Enguerrand was caught between two sets of loyalties, to England and France, and he served as an envoy between the two countries. What was the role of diplomacy in 14th-century politics? What tools besides war did political figures and monarchs use to enforce their wills and desires?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the gap between rich and poor in the fourteenth century and the gap between rich and poor now. How are our times different from the fourteenth century's? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 3

What are the methods and strategies used in war in the 14th-century France? Analyze the armed conflicts that are described in "A Distant Mirror" and describe the patterns and themes of armed conflict. Who typically fought? Nations, states, regions, families? How did they fight? What did they fight over?

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