Which of the following was the most copied book of the Middle Ages ?
A. The Romance of the Rose
B. “Book of Hours”
C. The Bible
D. The Art of Courtly Love
A. The Romance of the Rose
B. “Book of Hours”
C. The Bible
D. The Art of Courtly Love
A. teachers
B. scribes
C. authors
D. All of the Above
A. recitations by poets
B. knightly tournaments
C. games
D. All of the Above
A. women are always villains, while men are always heroes
B. women are always involved in supernatural plots while men’s storylines tend to be more realistic
C. men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret
D. men are represented as immoral while women are always presented as chaste
A. a medieval female hermit
B. a woman who rejects the support of the community because she feels it is sexist
C. a male anchorite
D. a religious teacher in the medieval era
A. it made them more valuable sources of information
B. it made them seem irrelevant since they separated religious life from worldly life
C. it made them more important since there were few literate lay worshipers
D. it made them symbols of the Church’s progress
A. the idea that community is essential to salvation
B. the concept of dualism of body and soul
C. the concept of a sensual God
D. the idea that God is separate from the human experience of love
A. monks
B. working class women
C. working class men
D. peasants
A. books that established standards of behavior for women
B. books that were primarily intended to teach men how to treat their wives
C. books that conformed with strict standards of behavior
D. books that recounted historical events in the medieval era
A. they were never chaste or pious
B. they always represented the evil side of love
C. they were sources of inspiration for heroic action
D. they were examples of mystical unions