Il Basso Medioevo

A medieval scene depicting various elements of the Low Middle Ages, featuring castles, peasants, knights, and a scholarly figure teaching about social estates, with a background of a bustling medieval town.

Il Basso Medioevo Quiz

Test your knowledge of the fascinating period of Il Basso Medioevo (the Low Middle Ages) with this comprehensive quiz. From social structures to important historical events, challenge yourself and learn more about this pivotal time in history.

Key Topics Covered:

  • The teaching of the 3 estates
  • Segmentary differentiation
  • Roles of late medieval kings
  • Conflicts of jurisdiction
12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CuriousScholar425
The teaching of the 3 estates (after Adalbero de Laon, et al)
Properly describes the social realities of the middle ages in general
Properly describes the social realities of the 10th century
Is a normative thought-model
Segmentary differentiation
Describes a social order in which the primary distinction is situated in the vertical dimension (between different estates)
Describes a social order in which the primary distinction is that between functional part-systems (legal system, economic system,...)
Is a concept of Luhmann's systems theory
Describes a social order in which the primary distinction is situated in the horizontal dimension (between different clans, groups, tribes, parties,...)
Is used as a counter-model to classic fiscal-military modernization theory
Pfahlbürger (citizens of the pale)
Are inhabitants of a city without full citizenship
Are non-nobles living in the countryside with citizenship in a nearby city
Are minor nobles living in the countryside with citizenship in a nearby city
Regularly lead to conflict between cities and the nobility
Late medieval kings
Spend most of their time at war
Are almost always in the capital
Spend a lot of time hunting
Govern primarily by issuing deeds, signing documents
A central government of the church
Does not exist in the middle ages
Emerges during the church reforms of the 14th century
Emerges during the church reforms of the 11th century
Consists of the pope and the roman curia
The core goals of the monastery/church reform movement are
Fight against Melany
Fight against Simony
Fight against Nicolaism
Fight against Marcionism
The Guelphs are
The enemies of the Ghibellines
The enemies of the Anjou
The allies of the papacy
The allies of the Staufer
Starting from the 13th century, Italy turns into the central realm of political interaction & conflict because
Of the Sicilian Vespers
Of the rivalry between the Anjou and the Aragonese kings of Sicily
Of the alliance between regional Italian actors and larger European powers
Of Italy's economic and ecclesiastical importance
The term "ecumene", in the middle ages, referred to
The peaceful coexistence of multiple peoples
The Christian world
The known and inhabited world
Broadly the territories that were formerly part of the Roman empire
Conflicts of jurisdicition
Are very common in the middle ages
Arise between clerical and worldly courts
Arise between the courts of various worldy princes
Arise between royal and regional courts
During the late middle ages, war was
More common than during the high middle ages
Less common than local feuds
Usually matter of large-scale battles
Usually a matter of skirmishes and looting
The Parlement de Paris
Was comparable to a parliament in the modern sense
Was the high court of the French kingdom
Was tied to a vast bureaucratic apparatus
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