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I. Identification
The first section will be the identification section.
For identifications, be sure to explain completely who, what, when, where, why,
how & significance for each item. You will have to do six.
The first id will be to write an identification of one term from your term paper (i.e. Joan of Arc, Robin Hood, Bubonic Plague). Write no more than one paragraph explaining what/ who this was and one issue connected with it. No more than two sentences on the issue.
The rest of your identification terms will be from the list below. You may identify the same term twice.
| Polyptychs | Economic sources for Middle Ages | Coroner's Records | Domesday Book |
| Allodial land | Servi | Demense land | Manorialism |
| Mansus | Villeins/serfs | Three-crop Rotation | Cistercian Order |
| Enclosure System | Rural Settlement Patterns | Deodand | Coroner's Inquests |
| Public v. Private | Rule of Thumb | Peasant Household | Matins |
| Medieval Marriage | Families Aristocracy | Dowry | Natural Sons |
| Primogeniture & Inheritance | International Aristocracy | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Peter Abelard |
| Canon Law on Marriage | Thomas Aquinas | Ultimogeniture/ Borough English | Feudalism |
| Sub-infeudation | Capetian Dynasty | Hastings | William the Conqueror |
| Common Law | Norman Castles | Feudal incidents & aids | Oath of Salisbury |
| Agincourt | English Longbow | Royal Demense in France | Louis VI the Fat |
| dukedoms in France | Counts in France | Angevin Empire | Salic Law |
| Battle of Crecy | Joan of Arc | Black Death | Royal Touch |
| Three Living & Three Dead | Edward, the Black Prince | Richard I | Peasant life |
| Outlaws | Saladin | Common Law | Templars |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | Frederick Barbarossa | Militant Orders | Fairs & Towns |
| Philip the Fair | Witan | Scholasticism | Louis IX |
| Ottonian System | Otto I | Lay investiture | Feudal Lordship |
| Francis of Assisi | Henry IV of HRE | Pope Gregory VII | Mendicant Orders |
| Richard I | Council of Worms | Concordat of Worms | Dictatus Papae |
| Magna Carta | Simony | Great Schism of 1054 | Obligations of Villages |
| Matilda of Tuscany | Fisc | Canossa | Courtly Love |
| Bernard of Clairvaux | Universities | Henry II of England | Louis VII of France |
| Normandy | Knights | Servitium debitum | chevauchees |
| Hundred Years War | Nuremberg |
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
Origins of Term Middle Ages
Origins of Term High Middle Ages
Four monastic vows under Benedictine rule
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
Dates for beginning of Middle Ages
Two types of monks -- with example of each
Three monastic vows under Benedictine rule
Name the five patriarchies
Name the Eastern Germanic Tribes.
Name the Western Germanic Tribes
List the places the Germanic tribes settled/ set up kingdoms. (Example: Vandals: Spain, North Africa)
Name the Four Great Latin Doctors of the Catholic Church.
List the achievements of Theodoric the Great.
Name and define the three parts of the Corpus Juris Civilius.
List the five categories of Achievements of Gregory the Great
Name the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy
Name five achievements of Charlemagne's reign.
Name four methods of dealing with the Vikings.
Name the three groups of invaders of the 9th century and two places that each attacked.
List four developments of medieval technology
List the five hereditary ranks of the Aristocracy. What was the lowest & non-hereditary rank?
Name the divisions from the Partition of Verdun.
Name the two primary methods of settlement in Europe.
Name the three levels of participation in the guilds. Could women be part of the guilds?
List the Feudal Incidents
Five Great Duchies of Holy Roman Empire
Four Duchies of France
List the Royal Rights in the Feudal system
Name five military orders.
Name the two types of universities & two examples of each.
Name the subjects of the Trivium & the Quadrivium
List five different (non-militant) monastic orders.
List the four stages of the Hundred Years War
IV. Essay
The third section will be to write two complete essays.
You will have to answer two essays on the final. They will be
divided into two blocks. You will choose one from "Block A" and one
from "Block B".
1. Explain the origins, development and results of the Investiture controversy. What were the sides? What issues that prompted the crisis? How did it develop? What was the final result? What were the short and long term ramifications of this?
2. Discuss the concept of reform in Western Christianity and its manifestations in Medieval Europe. What are the Scriptural foundations for the idea of reform? What were the three paths to reform? How did they differ in methods and results?
3. Discuss the rise and development the system of Common Law in England. Who were the major players? Describe the major stages of development and significant elements of each stage.
4. Discuss the resurgence of monasticism from the 10th century through the early 13th century. What factors prompted this? How did it change direction? What different paths of reform emerged? What were the results of this reform?
5. One of the thorniest questions is the relationship of the Christian and Warfare. Discuss the development of military theory and Christianity from Late Antiquity through the 13th century. Cite specific authors and their beliefs and movements as well. How did the Crusades and the Military Orders fit into this discussion.
6. The term "Renaissance" is most closely associated with Italy in the 15th & 16th centuries. Yet, medievalists contend that Renaissance has much longer roots. Discuss the concept of Renaissance and trace its development and manifestations from 400 to 1400. Include major figures, developments in culture, law and other relevant factors (Think religion).
7. The 10th &11th centuries are considered critical for nation-state building in Western Europe. Describe three different methods of state building (France, England, Empire). How well did each work? What problems did each encounter?
8. Discuss the role of the Church in Medieval Life. How did it shape life? How did its role in politics and society shift and change? How did the church directly influence culture, philosophy, politics and behavior in the West?
9. Aside from Christianity, one of the most critical issues for medievalists is feudalism. Define this elusive system, trace its development, uses, and problems. Use specific examples of how it worked, including the incidents, aids, rights, and conflicts which developed.
10. Discuss the rise of the medieval university. What were the origins, precedents and structure? How did it evolve? What types were there? What objections and philosophies surrounded the medieval university? What was student life like?
11. Discuss the major aspects of family and social life in the Middle Ages. What was the social structure of medieval Europe? How did family life, inheritance and marriage vary between classes?
12. Compare and contrast the image of women in the Middle Ages with the reality of medieval life. How did marriage, inheritance and property work for women of different social standing? Give concrete examples.
13. Discuss the rise and development of Parliament in England. Who were the major players? Describe the major stages of development and significant elements of each stage.