What two changes seem to underlie the phenomenon of the rise of heretical movements during the Later Middle Ages?
a. a desire by the clergy to gain the wealth of lay people and of lay people to gain the wealth of the church
b. the militarization of European society and its increasing wealth and prosperity
c. the rise of many charismatic kooks and charlatans and a church that was intolerant of them
d. imperfections in lay religion detected by a legalistic clergy and lay people's increased demands on the clergy
d
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What do these photographs of the 1960 presidential candidates and their families reveal about the American public in the 1950s?
A) its tendency to pry into the lives of others B) its distrust of politicians C) its emphasis on family life D) its obsession with celebrity life E) its disregard of foreign policy
With the loss of successive dynasties, what governing structures were left?
A) Potentates and a warrior society B) Church-supported rulers C) Warriors constructing towns to promote economic prosperity and stronger military D) All of these E) None of these
A distinguishing feature of the landed nobility was that their wealth came from __________.
A. the labor of others B. international trade C. their own labor D. the invention of new products
The mass market that emerged in the late nineteenth century could best be described as
A) a new means of shipping goods throughout the country. B) a large department store. C) a global trade network. D) a set of business-friendly government policies. E) a shared consumer culture.