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WorksheetsUNIT 4. INSTITUTIONS OF VISIGOTHIC SPAIN
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Visigothic kingdom instituted a monarchial system, with...
Elected kings
Kings with divine powers
Kings with absolute powers
The Visigoths did not have a monarchial system
The Visigoths preserved the Roman provincial structure, dividing the kingdom into provinces, also called...
Regia Provincia
Duchies
Comites
Palatinum
The Visigothic State had its capital in:
Madrid
Valladolid
Toledo
Granada
Original name of the ‘Book of Judges’, enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:
(a)
Spanish name of ‘Liber Iudicorum’ (Book of Judges), enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:
(a)
Who was the king that conversed the Visigoths to Catholicism?
Receswinth
Leovigild
Alaric
Reccared
In the Visigothic State, royal patrimony and royal treasury was the same:
True
False
Initially, who were subjects with full civil rights?
Only Goths
Only Hispano-Romans
Goths and Hispano-Romans
Every inhabitant in the Peninsula apart from the slaves
Name of the ecclesiastic gatherings of a provincial or general character:
(a)
Aula Regia was...
A legislative assembly
A political assembly
A civil assembly
A religious assembly
The Officium Palatinum was another political assembly with...
Legislative functions
Administrative functions
Religious functions
Civil functions
Who was in charge of the administration of Visigothic tax system and the royal patrimony?
Tax comes
Duces
Comites
Comes patrimonii
The territorial administration established in the Later Roman Empire was essentially preserved:
True
False
The sixth province of Visigothic State (apart from the Romans’ provinces of Tarraconensis, Baetica, Carthaginensis, Lusitania, and Gallaecia) was:
Fideles
Regis
Septimania
Stabuli
The Visigothic territorial government was headed by:
Duces
Comites
Comes
Regis
The comites ruled each territoria and their city of residence and their main functions were:
Military, judicial and financial
Legislative, political and judicial
Political, judicial and financial
Political and financial
Visigoths were essentially urban:
True
False
Abandonment of urban life and settlement in the countryside:
(a)
After the fall of the Roman Empire and the appearance of “barbarian” kingdoms, the seigneurial system was strengthened:
True
False
The seigneurial system...
Strengthened the power of monarchs
Strengthened the power of comites
Reduced the power of monarchs
Reduced the powe of comites
