MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Topics: Feudalism, The Rule of St. Benedict, The First Crusade, the duties of lords and vassals, The Goodman of Paris, the relationship between faith and reason, the Black Death, royal vs. papal power, and Viking explorations. Assessment questions involve asking students to discuss the effects of religion’s domination of medieval life, as well as to explain the impact Christianity and the Catholic Church had on society and culture as a whole.