What challenges did the late medieval church face? How did the Avignon papacy and the Great Schism change the place of the church in European culture and society?

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Heavy church involvement in secular affairs
2. Perception of French influence
3. Growing disconnect between the papacy and lower clergy
4. Increasingly prominent challenges by reformers, such as Wycliffe and Huss

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A) were intended to force blacks to leave the South B) institutionalized segregation C) governed tax and finance policies D) encouraged the industrialization of the South

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President Bush's newly proposed tax cuts in 2001 created a new lower tax bracket for which segment of America?

A) the wealthy B) the middle class C) small businesses D) the working poor

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All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except

a. the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. b. Project Head Start. c. the Peace Corps. d. Medicare. e. the Office of Economic Opportunity.

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Katherine Dunham gained worldwide fame as a __________

A) painter B) novelist C) dancer D) poet

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