A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. Where is the castle of Coucy located?

Picardy.

2. How many people can the castle of Coucy house?

A thousand.

3. When was the castle of Coucy built?

1223.

4. How long did it take to build the castle of Coucy?

Seven years.

5. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

They built a network of underground entrances.

6. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?

Withstanding a siege.

7. How many people lived in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

250,000.

8. How did wealthy men create a base of commerce at Coucy?

They sold their support to the landowners.

9. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

Constantly unstable.

10. When did Herve...
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