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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. How is mental illness treated by medieval doctors?

2. Approximately how many doctors are there in the Troyes of 1250?

3. What is an ecuelle?

4. What is consanguinity?

5. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jews tend to lend money at higher interest rates than their Christian counterparts.

2. How did communes contribute to the rise of the burghers?

3. Describe a typical dinner in Troyes in 1250.

4. Describe some typical leisure activities.

5. What happens when a burgher dies?

6. Describe the physical geography and layout of Troyes.

7. What series of events led to the "Dark Ages?"

8. Who was and was not allowed to get married?

9. How is wool processed?

10. What are the purposes of fireplaces in Troyes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 6 describes the host of necessary occupations one might find in Troyes in 1250.

1) List four different types of typical craftspeople. Describe the goods they produce, and the manner in which they produce that good.

2) What is a guild? What are the advantages of joining a guild?

3) What is the nature of the master-apprentice relationship? How does an apprentice become a master? What is a journeyman?

Essay Topic 2

A drastic development in the rise of cities like Troyes is the charter.

1) What is the charter? Who agrees to the charter? What benefits do the citizens derive from having such a charter?

2) How are the mayor and town council members selected? Include in your answer a discussion of "co-optation."

3) How is justice handled in Troyes in 1250? Describe the three theories of justice that Troyes justice is based from.

Essay Topic 3

Churches were important gathering places, for religious as well as secular purposes.

1) Describe the steps in a typical church service.

2) What is a Gregorian chant, and how did it represent an advance in music?

3) Relics are very important to the Church at this time. What are relics? Where are they stored? Describe the fraud inherent in the proliferation of relics.

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