I need help with questions relating to the Medieval Times/the Age of Faith?
ok so I was given a handout pertaining to the Medieval Times/ the Age of Faith and i would really appreciate if someone can help me with some answers
here are the questions:
1. In 1347 a Genoese ship brought Bubonic Plague to the island of _____
2. The disease spread to Germany and France following or traveling alone _____
3. Pope Leo IX and _____ were determined to purify the church.
4. Sacred articles that drew pilgrims to cathedrals were _____ brought back from the Holy Lands by pilgrims and the Crusaders.
5. The most popular trade item at fairs in Medieval towns was _____
6. Universities, or guilds of scholars, grew in Paris, Bologna (ha!), Salerno, and _____.
7. The author of the Divine Comedy was _____.
8. Geoffrey Chaucer was the author of _____, a story about a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of St. Thomas a’Becket.
Please help me and thanks in advance to those who do!
1. http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Path.html
2. same site
3. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=XkMSmrP9wz4C&dq=Pope+Leo+IX+reform&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=FWwdqxtcbs&sig=Sc_INm424YX29c6-GhR3pXD2p7I
4. http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/holyrelics.html
5. http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/medieval-wool.htm
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_university
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy
8. http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm
These will HELP with your question, but some might be specific to your text. (i.e. 5)
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