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REL 231 - History of the Christian Church

Study Topics and Assignments

Week 8 - The High Middle Ages

AD 1,000 - 1,450

Textbook Readings and Class Notes

• Chapter 7, pages 182-219
• Notes for Week 8
• The Spread of the Black Death

InterNet Resources

• InterNet Links for Week 8
• Useful articles can be found by using the Topics as search words in Search Engines such as MSN, Dogpile, AltaVista, or Yahoo
• You may use the Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it

This Week's Assignment : Twenty Questions

Please write a paragraph on each of the following topics.
For some of these you may have to consult sources other than the textbook.
A paragraph should contain at least three sentences and be three to ten lines in length

1. Your choice :
   • The Monastery of Cluny and the Cluniac Movement, or
   • The Carthusian Order
2. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Cistercian Order
3. Francis of Assissi and the Franciscans
4. Dominic and the Dominicans
5. Anselm of Canterbury
6. Abelard and Heloise
7. The Growth of Universities
8. Thomas Aquinas
9. The Gothic Cathedral - Either choose one particular cathedral and describe it, or discuss the development of Cathedrals in general during this period
10. The Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches
11. The First Crusade
12. The Second Crusade
13. The Fourth Crusade and the Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1202 - You will probably have to go beyond the textbook for information for this question
14. Your choice :
    • The Hospitalers
    • The Teutonic Knights, or
    • The Templars
15. Your choice :
    • Peter Waldo and the Waldensians, or
    • The Cathars
16. The Inquisition
17. The Black Death and its consequences
18. The Great Schism of the Western Church (the Avignon papacy)
19. John Wycliffe and the Lollards
20. Jan Hus and the Hussites - You will probably have to go beyond the textbook for information for this question

Remember to cite your sources

Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com.
Please use all 3 email addresses in case any of the mailboxes go down.

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ENMU
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