Assignment 6.1 and 6.3

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Assignment 6.1 and 6.3

Typical layout of a Medieval City

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Goals of this assignment

At the end you understand...

• understand the Investiture Controversy.
  
• know the hightlights of the power struggle between church and state.
• understand how a growth in population led to urbanisation.
  
• understand how living in cities resulted in more people specializing.
  
• know how cities worked together in the Hansaetic League.

Power is divided

In the Middle Ages society was divided in three groups:

1. Clergy (church)

2. Nobility

3. Everyone else (mainly farmers)

Clergy

Nobility

3rd estate

Fisherman

Bishop

Emperor

Nun

Knight

Farmer

Blacksmith

Count

Duke

Baron

Sailor

Priest

Monk

Knight 

Secular

Spiritual

Listens to King/emperor

Listens to the pope

Lives in poverty

Gets a salary

Nobility

Clergy

Two statements:
I. Secular and spiritual power were sometimes held by the same person.
II. The Papal States also functions as a secular state.

1. I & II are true
2. I & II are false
3. I= true; II=false
4. I=false; II= true

Other example of the combination

• Bishop of Utrecht was a clergymen and had to listen to the Pope.
• Bishop of Utrecht was also a vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor and had to listen to him as well. 

Which provinces besides Utrecht were governed by the bishop of Utrecht?

1. Overijssel, Drenthe and parts of Groningen
2. Gelderland, Drenthe and Overijssel
3. Drenthe and Overijssel
4. Drenthe and Gelderland

hetutrechtsarchief.nl

Who gave Utrecht cityrights in 1122?

1. The bishop of Utrecht
2. The count of Holland
3. The Holy Roman Emperor
4. The Duke of Gelre (Gelderland)

Cityrights

Cities could get a document declaring their Independence in certain subjects: right to ask for taxes, right to build walls, rights to have a market and many more rights.

Cityrights of Utrecht from 1122

Search on the internet for the moment Culemborg got its Cityrights.

1. 1236
2. 1302
3. 1314
4. 1318

Where do cities start?

• Next to rivers
• Where two rivers cross
• Where rivers meet the sea
• Where roads cross

Amersfoort

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Three field system

Field 1

Field 2

Field 3

Fallow

Summer grains

Winter grains

Fallow

Summer grains

Winter grains

What is NOT an effect of the invention of the heavy plough?

1. Less people needed for farming
2. Less time needed to plough a field
3. The Three-field system was invented
4. More people move away from farms

Specialised craftsmen united in groups called.......

Guilds

Every specialised craft had its own dedicated guild.

Every city had dozens of guilds.

www.canonvannederland.nl

Two statements:
I. Guilds had influence on the government.
II. Guilds have taken control of cities.

1. I & II are true
2. I & II are false
3. I= true; II= false
4. I= false; II= true

Gildeslagen

In Utrecht every large guild was asked to protect a certain part of the citywall.

In Utrecht 18 guilds worked together in this system

What was the punishment for breaking the rules of a medieval guild?

1. Imprisonment
2. Forced labor
3. Fines or expulsion from the guild
4. Public flogging

What was the purpose of medieval guilds?

1. To protect the interests of their members
2. To overthrow the monarchy
3. To promote individualism
4. To spread the Black Plague

www.canonvannederland.nl

Which countries were members of the Hanseatic League?

1. Spain, Portugal, France, Italy
2. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
3. Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
4. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

What was the primary goal of the Hanseatic League?

1. To increase trade and protect economic interests
2. To establish political dominance
3. To spread religious beliefs
4. To conquer new territories

What was the Hanseatic League?

1. A military alliance
2. A religious movement
3. A group of merchant guilds
4. A medieval trade organization

In 1347 Europe was devastated by the arrival of the.....

1. Black Death
2. Vikings
3. Mongols
4. Crusaders

How much percent of Europeans died from the Black Death/Plague

0100

Assignment 6.1 and 6.3

Typical layout of a Medieval City