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1. Briefly explain when and why the Hundred Year’s War begin in France.
1. Why did the Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I, make an appeal to Pope Urban, and what was
the Pope’s response to his appeal, i.e. what role did the church play in the first Crusade to
the Holy Land? What were the political and/or spiritual stakes for the kings, nobility, and
peasants who went on Crusade and what did Europeans gain culturally and intellectually
from their contact with societies in this region? In your opinion, was the Crusade a success
for Europeans? Explain your answer. 2. How did the plague of the 14th century affect
different levels of society (the laborers, the nobles) both positively and negatively? In what
way did the Catholic Church and the state (king as well as local governments) lose or gain
influence as a result of the Plague. Explain your answer. 3. Briefly explain when and why
the Hundred Year’s War begin in France. What was the Treaty of Troyes, and how did it
relate to the role Joan of Arc played in the war? 4. What were the causes of the Protestant
Reformation (at least two examples) – i.e. what reforms did “Protestants” want to
make? What characterized Jean Calvin’s Protestant theology and how did the French kings
in the first half of the 16th century (Francis I and Henry II) deal with the growing popularity
of Calvin’s theology in France? 5. Who invented the printing press, and how did it have an
impact on the slow spread of literacy in France? Explain how the printing press helped the
spread of the Protestant Reformation as well as the ideals of the Renaissance. Give specific
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