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What is the meaning of the term "Renaissance"?

b) rebirth
What dramatic event in 1348 greatly reduced the population of Europe?

the bubonic plague
What Italian author used this event as a backdrop for his work the Decameron?

Boccaccio
How was the plague spread to Europe?

Via rats aboard trade ships
Where was the residence of the Papacy from 1309 to 1367?

c) Avignon
After the return of the papacy to Rome, what name was given to the split (1378–1417) in the Roman Catholic Church?

b) The Great Schism
Which two European countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years’ War?

d) France and England
Who was the most important Tuscan writer of the 1300s?

Who was the most important Tuscan writer of the 1300s? a) Petrarch
Who was the primary subject of the 300 sonnets and 49 canzoni (songs) in Petrarch's Canzoniere (Songbook)?

b) Laura
Who was crowned poet laureate of Rome in 1348 (the first artist so honored since ancient Rome)?

c) Petrarch
Who was the greatest English writer of the 1300s?

Geoffrey Chaucer
12. What is the narrative framework of Canterbury Tales?

a group on a pilgrimage
13. Which character in the Canterbury Tales argues against misogyny and also sees sexual relations as a good given by God?

b) The Wife of Bath
Who was one of the first women in medieval Europe to make a living as a professional writer?

c) Christine de Pisan
15. What was the subject matter of The Book of the City of Ladies (1404)?

c) It showed the number of accomplished women throughout history.

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