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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 are books regarded in the 13th century?

2. What is a city's defense against the siege mine?

3. What is troping?

4. What is the cathedral in Troyes called?

5. What immediately follows the sermon in a typical church service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did 12th century charters accomplish for towns like Troyes?

2. What does a Middle Ages curriculum consist of?

3. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

4. For what poetry is Thibaut IV most known for?

5. What is the process of ordeal?

6. What are the stages of a Troyes fair?

7. How happened to Troyes after 1250?

8. How were cathedrals paid for?

9. How are mayors and town council members selected in Troyes?

10. What disasters occur in Troyes in the 1180s?

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

Central to Troyes' economic well-being are its merchant fairs.

1) Describe the schedule of the fairs? How many are there per year? What are they called? When do they occur, and for how long?

2) How many events are included in a typical fair? Describe each "stage" of a fair, and describe what goods are traded in each stage.

3) An early form of credit develops as a result of the Troyes fairs. Describe how this credit system works. Include in your answer the concept of "letters of promises to pay."

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