Esercizi di storia medievale

di A. Lalomia

Premessa

Si propongono in questa sede otto esercizi su argomenti di Storia che in genere

vengono affrontati in terza superiore (prima liceo classico).

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 Esercizio n. 1

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Allievo : __________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data : _______________

Colloca in ordine cronologico i seguenti item:

1. Inizio della prima crociata.

2. Concessione della Magna Charta.

3. Inizio del regno di Filippo IV ‘Il Bello’.

4. Assassinio di Thomas Becket.

5. Inizio del pontificato di Alessandro III.

6. Costituzioni di Clarendon.

7. Inizio del pontificato di Bonifacio VIII.

8. Conquista di Gerusalemme ad opera dei crociati.

9. Dieta di Worms convocata dall’imperatore del S.R.I. Enrico IV.

10. Inizio del pontificato di Gregorio VII.

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 Esercizio n. 2

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Allievo : ________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data : _____________

Colloca in ordine cronologico i seguenti item:

1. Enrico IV viene incoronato dall’antipapa Clemente III imperatore

del S.R.I..

2. Guerra gotico-bizantina.

3. Cola di Rienzo viene eletto “Tribuno della repubblica romana”.

4. Fondazione dell’abbazia di Cluny.

5. Fine del Grande Scisma.

6. Promulgazione dell’ “Editto di Rotari”.

7. Ruggero II diventa re di Sicilia.

8. Inizio della guerra dei Cento Anni.

9. Pontificato di Gregorio XI.

10. Saccheggio di Roma da parte dei Saraceni.

11. Patto di Kiersy tra Stefano II e Pipino ‘Il Breve’.

12. Liutprando diventa re dei Longobardi.

13. Inizio della terza crociata.

14. Promulgazione del “Corpus iuris civilis”.

15. Battaglia di Legnano.

16. Pontificato di Celestino V.

17. Carlo Martello sconfigge gli Arabi nella battaglia di Poitiers .

18. Regno di Enrico IV di Lancaster .

19. Congiura dei Pazzi.

20. Iniz io dell a croc ia ta contro gl i Al biges i p romossa da Innocenzo III .

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Allievo : ________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data : _____________

Colloca in ordine cronologico i seguenti item:

1. Inizio del regno di Enrico II Plantageneto.

2. C o r r a d o I I ‘ I l S a l i c o ’ c o n c e d e l a “ C o n s t i t u t i o d e f e u d i s ” .

3. Ottone I ‘Il Grande’ viene incoronato a Roma imperatore del S.R.I. .

4. Battaglia di Bouvines.

5. Incoronazione imperiale di Ottone IV di Brunswick.

6. Nascita dell’ Unione di Kalmar.

7. Rodolfo I d’Asburgo è il nuovo imperatore del S.R.I. .

8. Teodorico fa uccidere Odoacre.

9. Pontificato di Clemente V.

10. Inizio del regno di Luigi IX di Francia.

11. Federico I Hohenstaufen ‘Barbarossa’ è il nuovo imperatore del S.R.I. .

12. Promulgazione dell’ “Editto di Rotari”.

13. Giustiniano diventa imperatore d’Oriente.

14. Nascita di Maometto.

15. Inizio della dinastia dei Carolingi.

16. Pontificato di Gregorio II.

17. Carlo Magno diventa imperatore del S.R.I. .

18. Battaglia di Hastings.

19. Urbano II nel Concilio di Clermont lancia l’appello per liberare il Santo Sepolcro.

20. Inizio del regno di Edoardo I Plantageneto.

21. Pontificato di Urbano VI.

22. Inizio del regno di Filippo IV ‘Il Bello’.

23. Prima convocazione degli Stati Generali in Francia.

24. Federico II di Svevia è il nuovo imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero.

25. Inizio del pontificato di Innocenzo III.

26. Liutprando diventa re dei Longobardi.

27. Battaglia di Benevento.

28. Promulgazione degli “Ordinamenti di giustizia” di Giano della Bella.

29. Battaglia di Campaldino.

30. Battaglia di Montaperti.

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 Esercizio n. 4

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Allievo : ____________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data ___________

Completa i seguenti brani

1. Thomas Becket, al momento del suo assassinio, ricopre il ruolo

di _________________________________________________________________________________.

Viene ucciso nel _____________ per ordine del re ____________________________________

nella ___________________________________________ mentre _________________________

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L’omicidio è legato all’opposizione di Becket nei confronti di una riforma

imposta dallo stesso monarca responsabile del suo assassinio.

Indica come si chiama questo provvedimento e chiarisci in che cosa consiste .

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2. La Magna Charta è emanata nel _______________ dal re ____________________

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La sua elezione, avvenuta dopo ________________ anni di conclave, è il frutto

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Questo papa è costretto poi a rinunciare al soglio pontificio a causa

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Il responsabile principale di tale scelta viene considerato ______________________

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4. La battaglia di Campaldino è combattuta nel ________________ tra _________________

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5. La congiura dei Pazzi è organizzata da __________________________________________

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L’ episodio sanguinoso per cui è spesso ricordata avviene il _________________

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Tra le vittime bisogna citare __________________________________________________

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fratello di _________________________________________________________________________.

Tra i cospiratori, spicca la figura di _______________________________________________,

nipote di papa ____________________________________________________________________.

I congiurati non riescono a portare a termine il loro piano perché

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Esprimi un giudizio personale sull’evento, con particolare riguardo al luogo

in cui avviene e alla cerimonia che si stava svolgendo in questo stesso luogo.

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Spiega quali conseguenze ha avuto l’episodio nella storia di Firenze.

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Collega ogni personaggio del gruppo “A” con il corrispondente elemento del gruppo “B”

Gruppo A

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Bonifacio VIII; Carlo II ‘Il Calvo’; Carlo Martello; Carlo Magno; Carlo IV

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di Lussemburgo; Carlo VII “Il Vittorioso”; Clemente V; Corrado ‘Il Salico’; Edoardo

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III Plantageneto; Enrico II Plantageneto; Enrico III Plantageneto; Enrico V

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Lancaster; Federico II di Svevia; Filippo IV ‘Il Bello’; Giovanni I Plantageneto

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‘Senza Terra’; Giustiniano; Gregorio Magno; Gregorio II; Gregorio VII; Guglielmo

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d’Aquitania ‘Il Pio’; Guglielmo I di Normandia ‘Il Conquistatore’; Leone III

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Isaurico; Michele di Lando; Teodosio; Urbano VI.

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Avignone; Battaglia di Azincourt; Battaglia di Crecy; Battaglia

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di Hastings; Battaglia di Poitiers; Bolla d’Oro; Capitolare

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di Kiersy; Cluny, Abbazia di; Constitutio de feudis;

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Corpus Iuris Civilis; Conversione dei Longobardi; Costituzioni

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di Clarendon; Costituzioni di Melfi; Dictatus Papae;

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Donazione di Sutri; Editto di Tessalonica; Grande Scisma;

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iconoclastia; Magna Charta; Prammatica Sanzione;

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P r o v i s i o n s o f O x f o r d ; S a c r o R o m a n o I m p e r o ;

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Schiaffo di Anagni; Stati Generali; Tumulto dei Ciompi.

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1. Spiega che cosa rappresenta per i musulmani l’anno 622 (d.C.)

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2. Spiega in che cosa consiste l’ “Editto di Rotari” e indica l’anno in cui

viene emanato (max otto righe).

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3. Indica la differenza tra ‘faida’ e ‘guidrigildo’ (max sei righe).

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4. Indica chi -e quando- ha concesso il “Capitolare di Kiersy” e spiega in che cosa
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5. Spiega la differenza che esiste tra “Sacro Romano Impero”

e “Sacro Romano Impero Germanico (o della nazione germanica)”
(max dieci righe).

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6. Indica chi ha emanato –e in che anno- il “Privilegium Othonis” e che cosa

prevedeva (max dieci righe).

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7. Spiega che cosa sono le “Costituzioni di Melfi” (max otto righe).

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8. Spiega il significato del termine “Dieta” (riferita al S.R.I. ; max sei righe).

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9. Indica il significato della locuzione “Tregua di Dio” (max sei righe).

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10. Spiega che valore assume nella storia dell’Inghilterra la battaglia di Hastings
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11. Indica il significato dell’espressione “Cattività avignonese della Chiesa”

e ricorda i nomi di tutti i pontefici di questo periodo (max dodici righe).

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12. Indica il significato dell’espressione “Grande Scisma” e ricorda i nomi di tutti

i concili, dei pontefici e degli antipapi di questo periodo (max venti righe).

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1 3 . I nd ica il si gn ifi c a to de ll ’e sp re ss ion e “ Bo lla d ’o ro ” (m ax s e i r i gh e ).

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14. Riferisci sul contenuto della Bolla “Unam Sanctam” e indica il nome
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15. Spiega il significato del termine “nepotismo” e indica almeno cinque personaggi
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 Esercizio n. 7

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Allievo : __________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data _____________

Per ciascuno dei seguenti episodi, indica il nome del relativo pontefice:

1. Promuove la IV crociata.

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2. Viene eletto tre volte.

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3. Emette il “Dictatus papae”.

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4. Fonda la Biblioteca Vaticana.

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5. Trasferisce la Santa Sede in Francia, dove rimarrà per circa settant’ anni.

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6. Porta a venticinque anni l’intervallo tra gli Anni Santi.

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7. Subisce lo ‘Schiaffo di Anagni’.

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8. Arresta Attila in marcia verso Roma.

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9. Celebra il Concilio Ecumenico di Nicea.

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10. Riporta la sede pontificia a Roma, dopo la ‘Cattività avignonese’ .

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Allievo : __________________________________ Classe : _____________ Data _____________

Immagina che cosa sarebbe accaduto se …..

(max due pagine a item).

1. La “Donazione di Costantino” fosse stata un testamento autentico.

2. La Lega Lombarda non avesse vinto la battaglia di Legnano del 1176.

3. Giovanni I ‘Senza Terra’ non avesse concesso la Magna Charta.

4. Celestino V non avesse rinunciato al pontificato.

5. I Francesi avessero vinto la battaglia di Crecy del 1346.

6. Carlo IV di Lussemburgo non avesse emanato la “Bolla d’Oro”.

7. Gregorio XI non avesse deciso di riportare definitivamente la sede pontificia

a Roma.

8. I Turchi fossero stati sconfitti nella battaglia di Kosovo (1389).

9. Lorenzo ‘Il Magnifico’ fosse stato ucciso nella congiura dei Pazzi.

10. Sisto IV non avesse nominato Torquemada inquisitore generale di Spagna.

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