Study Guide: Chapters 6-10
Questions, terms, and topics for Chapters 6-10 (WebCT Exam 2)
Chapter 6
CHRISTENDOM:
1. What landmarks distinguished European Christendom in the so-called “age of faith”?
2. What role did the Roman Catholic Church play in the rise of medieval European culture?
3. How did the arts serve medieval Christendom?
Chapter 7 REBIRTH: The Age of the Renaissance
1. In what ways do the landmarks of the European Renaissance differ from those of the Middle Ages?
2. What role did classical humanism play in evolution of the landmarks discussed in this chapter?
3. How did the Age of the Renaissance contribute to modern Western cultural ideas and ideals? (Consider architecture, literature, education, etc.)
1. How did the
Northern Renaissance differ from the Renaissance in
2. In what ways was the Reformation a landmark event? How did it affect the course of European cultural history?
3. What are the landmarks of sixteenth-century literature, art and music?
Key Questions
1. What factors accelerated European outreach and the Age of Exploration? What were the global consequences of cross-cultural encounter?
2. What are the most distinctive landmarks of African culture? Do these reflect the preservation of cultural values?
3. What are the most distinctive
landmarks of the peoples and civilizations of the
1. Why do we call the Age of the Baroque an era of piety and extravagance?
2. What are the most significant landmarks of the Baroque era? Were these landmarks products of religious (church) or secular (state) patronage?
3. What role did royalty and the aristocracy play (in both the East and the West) in cultivating landmarks of Baroque extravagance?