RC Drill Set 3, Question 14
Marc Bloch's scholarship epitomizes the work of the(442 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(25 more words not shown)
- Apeasant customs that(14 more words not shown)
- Bceremonies in which(8 more words not shown)
- Cmedieval documents confirming(10 more words not shown)
- Dreports that monarchs(12 more words not shown)
- Eecclesiastical documents of(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The central institution is lordship: personal ties of loyalty place one person beneath another in a hierarchy. The final paragraph then shows that dependency shaping other practices. We want an example that expresses those unequal obligations, not merely anything involving medieval people or a monarch.
Working the answers
- A
Setting aside common grazing land concerns shared resources. It doesn't establish a subordinate's personal obligation to someone above them.
- BCorrect
A vassal pledging military service to a monarch enacts the “personal ties of loyalty” described in lordship. The promise expresses dependency within the hierarchy, matching the institution's influence on social practices.
- C
Independence from local lords points away from the dependency we're trying to illustrate. The presence of vassals alone doesn't make the relationship fit.
- D
Healing through a monarch's touch belongs to the separate discussion of ritual kingship. It doesn't illustrate the personal service and dependency at issue here.
- E
A church document about Christianity's history doesn't by itself show lordship shaping a practice. The text does connect dependency with prayer, but this choice never supplies that connection.
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