Main
Index
I. Identification
The second section will be listing and identification section.
For identifications, be sure to explain completely who, what, when, where, why,
how & significance for each item.
| Roman history | Herodotus | Thucydides | Eusebius of Caesarea |
| Augustine of Hippo | Isidore of Seville | Ad fontes | Archbishop Ussher |
| Petrarch | Scientific Method | Edward Gibbon | Leopold Von Ranke |
| Whig Theory of History | Annales School | Ferdinand Braudel | Clifford Geertz |
| Modern Marxism | Res Gestae | Hagiography | Diocletian |
| Tetrarchy | College of Emperors | Prefectures | Duces |
| Curiales | Decurians | Dioceses | Constantine's Conversion |
| Milvian Bridge | Chi-Rho Sign | Edict of Milan | Council of Nicaea |
| Donatists | Quis Sit Christianum esse? | Gnosticism | Late Baptism |
| Original Sin | In Hoc Signum | Licinius | 13th Apostle |
| Helena | Basilica | Presbyters | Diakonos |
| Synod | Arius | Imitatio Christi | Cult of the Saints |
| Perpetua | Polycarp | orbis Terrarum | Relics |
| Pilgrimage | Abba Antony | Cenobite vs. Anchorite | Simeon Stylites |
| Pachomius | Gregory the Great | Benedict of Nursia | St. Columbanus |
| Guilds | Paideia | Tertullian | Benedictine Rule |
| Jerome | Pope Damasus I | Julian the Apostate | Theodosian Decrees |
| Jovinian | Origen | Economics of Late Roman Empire | Tacitus on the Christians (textbook) |
| Constantinople | In Hoc Signum | Pontifex Maximus | Nicene Creed |
| Arians | Civitas vs. Pagani | Episkopos | Bishop |
| Collegium | 476 | Late Antiquity | Lorenzo Valla |
| Donation of Constantine |
II. Listing
The following are possible listing items
Name four metaphysical/ epistemological questions addressed by Historiography
Petrarch's divisions of history
"Big Three" historical categories (modern)
Three foundations of Medieval world
Four elements of the Classical inheritance
Three stages of Roman Empire with dates
The Four Great Lies
Name and define five heresies
Four types of Pilgrimage sites
Origins of Term Middle Ages
Dates for beginning of Middle Ages
Two types of monks -- with example of each
Three main monastic vows under Benedictine rule
Name the five patriarchies
Characteristics of Monastic life
Three most important Roman emperors in the 4th century
List purpose of history for Rome, Greece, Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and two historians with each era.
List four early church "doctors" (meaning theologians) and their area. (For Example, Jerome, Doctor of Virginity)
IV. Essay
The third section will be to write one complete essay
on one of the following. You will have a choice of three questions. You
choose one.
1. Compare and contrast at least three of the following schools of
historical thought: Annales, Marxism, Feminism, Whig History, Narrative
History or Scientific history.
2. Discuss the origins, precedents and development of monasticism from the second through the sixth centuries. Include the precedents, different types of monks and the religious issues involved.
3. Explain the Christian Transformation of the Roman Empire in the 4th century. What major areas were changed and how? How did this new relationship affect Christianity? Rome? What conflicts arose?
4. Was 476 the actual fall of Rome? Why or why not? Give supporting evidence from the time to explain your answer. What problems existed in the later Roman Empire that contributed to its decline? Or did it decline at all?
5. Compare and contrast the theological ideas of Jerome and Augustine. Consider at least asceticism, the Fall and marriage.
6. Trace the major heresies of the Early Christian Era, their major ideas and how they were countered. Include all four major categories, as well as specific manifestations of the four lies.
7. Compare and contrast the the approaches to empire used by Diocletian & Constantine. Consider politics, economics, religion and military. What impact did each have on the development of Europe?
8. Discuss the rise, reign and impact of Constantine upon European development. Consider at least three areas for a "B", and 4 for an "A".