What was one reason for the rise of legal documents in the thirteenth century?
a. Merchant contracts were written by a notary
b. Trials of disputed wills among displaced noblemen.
c. Peace treaties between the city-states made between diplomats
d. Separation of secular from canon law.
e. Expansion of French parlements.
a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Louis XIV's court had which effect on the nobility?
A) It was both a kind of compensation for lost political power and a means to further weaken it. B) The rate of literacy among the nobility significantly increased. C) Elegant, precise etiquette and clever conversations became signs of nobility. D) Nobles competed with each other to gain the attention of the king. E) All of the above.
The 1952 presidential election was the first in which
A) a Republican and Democrat ran on the same ticket. B) the vice president was older than the president. C) presidential debates were televised. D) political television ads aired.
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a. was based solely on Judeo-Christian thought. b. combined Greek philosophy and Christian thought. c. was based solely on Greek thought. d. subordinated faith to observation. e. was hierarchical and mechanistic.