Early European History Part 94
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23. Compare Joan of Arc's visions with those of Mohammed.
24. "Beyond the Pyrenees begins Africa." What does this statement mean?
25. Why was Spain inconspicuous in European politics before the opening of the sixteenth century?
26. Look up in an encyclopedia the story of William Tell and prepare an oral report upon it.
27. Why was the German system of elective rulers politically less advantageous than the settled hereditary succession which prevailed in England and France?
FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, _Readings in Medieval and Modern History,_ chapter xiv, "St.
Louis"; chapter xv, "Episodes of the Hundred Years' War"; chapter xvi, "Memoirs of a French Courtier."
[2] The name comes from that of the broom plant (Latin _planta genesta_), a sprig of which Henry's father used to wear in his hat. The family is also called Angevin, because Henry on his father's side descended from the counts of Anjou in France.
[3] See page 419.
[4] Latin _verum dictum_, "a true statement."
[5] Latin _juro_, "I take an oath."
[6] See pages 475-476.
[7] See page 514.
[8] See page 461.
[9] A term which refers to all freemen in town and country below the rank of n.o.bles.
[10] See page 418.
[11] Made up of the chief lords and bishops.
[12] The word "parliament," from French _parler,_ "to speak," originally meant a talk or conference. Later, the word came to be applied to the body of persons a.s.sembled for conference.
[13] See page 407 and note 1.
[14] See page 319.
[15] See page 246.
[16] See the map, page 321.
[17] In 1603 A.D. James VI of Scotland ascended the throne of England as James I. In 1707 A.D. the two countries adopted a plan of union which gave them a common Parliament and one flag.
[18] See page 397.
[19] See page 403.
[20] From 987 A.D. to 1328 A.D. France had only fourteen kings. The average length of their reigns was, therefore, something more than twenty- four years.
[21] See pages 461, 475.
[22] Hence the name "Salic law" applied to the rule excluding women from succession to the French throne.
[23] See page 550.
[24] Probably so called from the black armor which he wore. It may still be seen above his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral.
[25] In French, Jeanne d'Arc.
[26] Calais went back to the French in 1558 A.D. The Channel Islands are still English possessions.
[27] See pages 164, 169, 244, 378. The Arabs and Berbers who settled in Spain are generally called Moors.
[28] See page 316.
[29] See page 462.
[30] The duchies of Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, and the county of Tyrol.
[31] See the map facing page 462.
[32] From Schwyz comes the name Switzerland.
[33] The independence of the country was not formally recognized till 1648 A.D.
[34] See page 315.
[35] See page 473.
[36] Courland, Livonia, and Esthonia.
[37] See pages 319, 462.
CHAPTER XXIII
EUROPEAN CITIES DURING THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
192. GROWTH OF THE CITIES
THE CIVIC REVIVAL
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