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FR 137
Exam One material for History of Paris
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Undergraduate 2
09/26/2007

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Term
What is the population of Paris within it's city limits?
Definition
2.15 million
Term
What is the population of the suburbs that surround Paris?
Definition
10.5 million
Term
What are the two major islands located in the Siene River?
Definition
Ile-de-la-Cite

Ile-Saint-Louis
Term
Paris is located in departement number __ and is known as __________.
Definition
75

Ile-De-France
Term
Where do the people who immigrate to Paris come from?
Definition
Province (from the rest of France)
Europe
North Africa
Southeast Asia (former French colonies)
Term
Describe the Egyptian hieroglyphic ideogram for a city
Definition
[image] A convergance of roads leading to a quickening of communication
Term
What are the 4 major types of cities described by Lopez?
Definition
1. Stockade
2. Agraian
3. Market
4. Industrial
Term
What is a Stockade City?
Definition
- the earliest form of a city
- rural population
- "encloses"
Term
Agraian Cities are largely run by who?
Definition
landowners
Term
What is a Market City?
Definition
- largely run by merchants
- class depends on wealth, not birth
Term
What is a Social City according to Lewis Mumford?
Definition
- a collection of primary groups
- purposive associations
- supported through economic associations
- a theatre for social action
Term
Paris was called _____ and France was called _____ at the time of the Romans.
Definition
Lutetia

Gaul
Term
What are 3 possible origins of the name Lutetia?
Definition
1. Leucothea - goddess of sailors

2. Luco or Lugo - marshland (Celtic)

3. Lutum - mud (Latin)
* most likely
Term
What are features of Roman cities?
Definition
temples, walls, grid streets,
archways, forum, theatres,
baths, aqueducts, grave monuments,
Term
Who was the king of the Franks and what dynasty did he belong to?
Definition
Clovis

Merovingian Dynasty
Term
Who took over France after the Romans and where did they come from?
Definition
The Franks

Germany
Term
Who were the first two kings of the Carolingian Dynasty?
Definition
Pepin III the short

Charlemange
Term
Lendit Fair
Definition
a yearly fair when pilgrams came to see relicts
Term
What is the definition of "ambulatory" in the context to Gothic cathedrales?
Definition
everything to the side
(ie. passage ways and a series of chappels)
Term
Who was in charge of building Saint Denis?
Definition
Abbot Suger
Term
"Poor Man's Bible"
Definition
stained glass windows that depict scenes from the Bible
Term
Who was in charge of building Notre-Dame de Paris?
Definition
Maurice de Sully
Term
Bellum
Definition
Latin word for a battle decided by God
Term
What is "caputregni" and who used this term?
Definition
"seat of his power"

Philippe Auguste
Term
What are some of the signifigant things Philippe Auguste did for Paris during his reign?
Definition
- built a wall around Paris
- built le Louvre
- Seal of Paris
- archives
- the Royal Treasury and Chancery
- Parlement of Paris
Term
What improvements did Philippe Auguste do for Paris?
Definition
- paved streets
- established new hospitals
- Les Halles
- fresh drinking water
Term
Les Halles
Definition
"belly of Paris"

- marketplace where food is sold and processed
- created a permanent structure
Term
Describe univesity life in the 12th century
Definition
- taught in Latin
- books hard to find
- lived in room of old lady's house
- bring own bed
- never ate meat, just vegetables
- no alarm clocks
Term
Both Philippe Auguste and Philippe le Bel took money from who to pay debts?
Definition
The Jews
Term
Louis IX is also known as _______.
Definition
Saint Louis
Term
Blanche de Castille
Definition
- mother of Saint Louis
- regent of France
Term
Royal Touch
Definition
as king, you can perform healing miracles
Term
Revolt of the Pastoureaux
Definition
A band of peasants who wanted to free Saint Louis from Eygpt during the Seventh Crusade. All 60,000 were later killed.
Term
Saint Louis established these 2 hospitals
Definition
1. Quinze-Vingts (for the blind)

2. Filles-Dieu (for prostitutes)
Term
Le Roman de la Rose
Definition
A story created during St. Louis's reign about a man falling in love with a rose bud
Term
Which king built La Saint Chapelle and for what purpose?
Definition
Saint Louis

to house the Crown of Thorns
Term
Saint Louis's palace had no separtion of what?
Definition
public and private
Term
Baillis
Definition
tax collectors and admistrators over taxes
Term
The Curse of the Templars
Definition
King and Pope declared them hiertics and where sent to the inquisition. Upon execution, placed a curse on Pope and royal family.
Term
Jean de Jaudan
Definition
- high social class
- Pope provided him benefits
- wrote "Defensor" with Marsilius de Padua
- left France for Germany
- very religious
Term
Guillebert de Mets
Definition
- son of a butcher
- held positions of tax collector, alderman, proprietor of the inn "L'Ecu de France"
- liked facts
Term
Why was the 14th century known as the "Dark Ages"?
Definition
war
famine
plague
Term
The Hundred Years War ended which dynasty?
Definition
Capetian
Term
Rinderpest
Definition
contagious disease that wiped out cows
Term
The end of the Hundred Years War marked the begining of what dynasty?
Definition
Valois
Term
Danse Macabre
Definition
"Dance of Death"

death finds everyone
Term
The plague was caused by what form?
Definition
Bubonic
Term
Theories of Europeans as to what caused the plague
Definition
- famine
- air or water
- jews
- cats***
- will of God
- contact with others
Term
What are the results of the Plague?
Definition
- total decline in knowledge
- family falls apart
- land becomes available
Term
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Definition
1. War
2. Famine
3. Pestilance
4. Death
Term
Francois Villon
Definition
- writer and poet
- transformed French language
- describes horors around him during the plague
Term
Louis XI
Definition
"strangest of all the Valois"

first strong Valois ruler

good negotiator - enlarged France
Term
Which king was known as the "Renaissance Man"?
Definition
Francois I
Term
humanism
Definition
started writing in French and other dialects

focus on language, litterature, ethics
Term
Francois I
Definition
- entourage of 18,000
- very ornate dress
- lead a life of leisure, woke up at 10am
- loved to hunt and entertain people
- translated Roman Law into French
Term
Port of Le Harve
Definition
France's major port in the Atlantic which lead to exploration
Term
Jaques Cartier
Definition
an explorer

sailed to Newfoundland

sent by Francois I
Term
Rebalais
Definition
- wrote Gargantua stories
- satire
- vulgar sense of humor
- often sensured
- believed humanity is healthy as long as they don't impose views on others
Term
Who were 4 of Catherine de Medeci's children?
Definition
1. Francois II
2. Charles IX
3. Henri III
4. Maurgerite
Term
Catherine de Medeci built what palace?
Definition
Palais des Tuileries
Term
Martin Luther
Definition
- 95 thesises

- AGAINST: supersition, sale of indulgences

- FOR: predetermination of salvation and the just shall live by faith
Term
John Calvin
Definition
- if you attempt to good on Earth, most likely you will be saved

- influenced the notions of family and marriage
(strong father figure, mother subserviant)
Term
4 Focal Points at the Council of Trent
Definition
1. purgatory
2. celibacy
3. papal supermacy
4. doctrine of indulgences
Term
Marguerite de Valois was arranged to marry who?
Definition
Henry de Navarre
Term
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Definition
Catherine de Medeci's last minute change

ordered all Huguenots who attended wedding to be killed

2,000-3,000 killed in Paris
10,000 throughout France
Term
Henri de Navarre is also known as ______.
Definition
Henri IV
Term
Henri IV was part of what dynasty?
Definition
Bourbon
Term
Edict of Nantes
Definition
signed by Henri IV in 1598

states Freedom of Worship (other reglions have same rights as Catholics)

forgave Catholics who killed Huguenots
Term
Henri IV's second wife was ________.
Definition
Marie de Medeci
Term
Pont-Neuf
Definition
built by Henri IV

first stone bridge in France

no houses built on it

connected right and left banks
Term
Place Dauphin
Definition
built by Henri IV

first unified piazza

leads to a statue of Henri IV on a horse

residences at the bottom
Term
What are 3 of Henri IV's hospitals?
Definition
1. Hotel Dieu (for everyone)

2. Hopital Saint Anne (aka La Sante)

3. Hopital Saint-Louis (for plague and leprosy victums)
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