A. the Germanic tribes allowed relationships between family members, while the Church prohibited marriage between relatives
B. the Church outlawed marriages between children, while Germanic tribes tolerated them
C. the Germanic tribes tolerated polygamy, while the Church made monogamy the only acceptable type of union
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- The ambitious spirits of his brother chieftain Sassacus, had ever aspired to dominion over the allied tribes – and immediately after the appearance of the English, the same temper was manifest in a jealousy of their encroachments. He employed all his art and influence and authority, to unite the tribes for the extirpation of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and foreseeing no danger from them, was the advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does “extirpation” mean ?
A. Execution
B. Going to extremes
C. Extermination
D. Expatriating - Which of the following best describes how Bede was a typical Christian of his time ?
A. He combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism.
B. He did not believe that Christianity was an essential part of English culture.
C. He thought that England was a pagan wilderness.
D. He believed that English Christians needed to move to a New Israel. - In “The Book of Martyrs,” John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?
A. Protestantism
B. Catholicism
C. Roman Catholicism
D. Buddhism - Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation?
A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Martin Luther
C. John Milton
D. John Wycliffe - Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ?
A. Mass
B. Transubstantiation
C. Resurrection
D. both A and C - Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with_______________?
A. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
B. bewilderment and visceral loathing.
C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.
D. bigotry and shallow triumphalism. - Who was the first English Christian king ?
A. Alfred
B. Richard III
C. Richard II
D. Ethelbert - Who was the first English Christian king ?
A. Alfred
B. Richard III
C. Richard II
D. Ethelbert - Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with____________?
A. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
B. bewilderment and visceral loathing.
C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.
D. bigotry and shallow triumphalism. - In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ?
A. The Teares of the Muses
B. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale
C. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie
D. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay
