To What Does the Age of the Castellans, Which Began

question 34

Multiple Choice

To what does the age of the castellans, which began around 1000 in France, refer?

• A) Upper-class laywomen who helped cultivate the culture of "those who fought," as wives and mothers of vassals and lords
• B) Groups of traveling astrologers who predicted that the end of the world would come after the turn of the millennium
• C) The development of castella, a new type of armor that was lighter and harder than earlier armor
• D) Widespread, virtually independent rule by castellans (the term castellan referred to any man who held a castle)

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