Costume history chpt 5-6

In 330, Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantine, renamed Constantanopal, signaling the decline of Rome and the western portion of the empire.

• True

• False

In its history of more than a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire developed an artistic and intellectual atmosphere in which styles and ideas of both east and west were merged.

• true

• false

This person was the first European to cross the continent of Asia and leave a record of what he had seen and heard.

• Charlemagne

• Pope Urban II

• Marco Polo

• Emperor Constine

"A pattern of change in which certain social forms enjoy temporary acceptance and respectability only to be replaced by others" is the definition of

• the crusades

• commerce

• sumptuary law

• fashion

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and Europe during the period between 330 and the 10th century?

• European royal styles influenced the styles of the Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine court styles influenced the styles of European courts

• The styles of the Byzantine Empire and the styles of the European courts had no influences upon each other

Cotton was the fabric most used by poor people during the Middle Ages

• True

• False

The first European cultivation of silkworms and production of silk fiber was carried out by the

• Romans

• Byzantines

• Persians

• Etruscans

The costume of the Byzantine Empire combined elements of costume from Asia with Roman dress

• true

• fasle

The long, narrow, heavily jeweled scarf worn by the Byzantine emperor was probably derived from the toga with the folded bands

• true

• false

Only men of the Byzantine Empire were permitted to wear the palundamentum.

• True

• False