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Honors World History- Mr. Snead
Athens Academy- Spring 2008
Study Guide: High Middle Ages
Reading Assignments: (found in Chapters 8&9)
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Read pp. 215-225.
Read pp. 225-229.
Read pp. 229-235.
Read pp. 235-238.
Read pp. 238-245.
Read pp. 251-263.
Read pp. 263-272.
Read pp. 272-276.
Terms:
Feudalism
Vassal
Homage
Fealty
Manorialism
Primogeniture
Knights
Song of Roland
Demesne
Glebe Land
Serf/Serfdom
Week Work
Boon Work
Guild
Magna Carta
Friars
4th Lateran Council
Norman Conquest
Duke William (Conqueror)
Edward the Confessor
Harold Godwinson
Harold Hardrada
Battle of Hastings
Doomsday Book
Curia Regis
Henry I (England)
William Rufus
Exchequer
Capetians
Otto I
Henry IV (Germany)
John I
St. Dominic
Franciscan Order
Cluny
Leo IX
Nicholas II
College of Cardinals
Gregory VII
Investiture Controversy
Concordat of Worms
Canon Law
Papal Curia
Universities
St. Anselm
Thomas Aquinas
Gothic
Common Law
Frederick Barbarossa
St. Francis of Assisi
Town vs. Gown
Mendicants
Cistercians
Pax Dei
Innocent III
Heresy
Sacraments
Relics
Cathars
Indulgences
Inquisition
Abelard
Romanesque
Henry II
Richard I
Frederick II
Crusades
Questions:
1. Explain the significance of the Feudal “Pyramid” in European politics during the High
Middle Ages.
2. Discuss how the Agricultural Revolution of the Middle Ages impacted Europe from
1050-1350. (Be sure to mention what were the elements that brought about agricultural
revolution?
3. What was chivalry? How did it affect medieval society?
4. How did the Norman Conquest change England?
5. How and why did trade emerge/flourish during the High Middle Ages?
6. Access the following changes to the church which occurred during the High Middle
Ages: monastic changes, rise of the papacy, and the impact of religion on popular culture.
7. Explain, in your own words, what factors led to the growing strength/influence of the
church during the High Middle Ages.
8. Describe the factors which allowed Feudalism to emerge. What this a successful system
of governing? Explain your answer with examples from England, France, and Germany.
9. List and explain the factors which led to the reemergence of cities and towns during the
High Middle Ages.
10. Did life improve for the typical person during the High Middle Ages? Explain your
answer.
11. Which did more to change the papacy during the High Middle Ages: the Investiture
Controversy or the Papal Curia? Explain.
12. How and why was the church allowed to get so powerful during the High Middle Ages?
13. Discuss the roots of the doctrine of the separation of church and state as they emerged in
the Middle Ages. What forces and events contributed to this development?
14. What role did guilds play in the economic life of towns and cities during the High Middle
Ages?
15. Assess the following in terms of impact on the church: Leo IX, Nicholas II, Gregory VII,
Urban II, and Innocent III.
16. How did the rise of universities impact life during the High Middle Ages? (hint: causes &
consequences of their founding)
17. Compare and contrast Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
18. The Crusades have been called “successful failures.” In your opinion, why is this
statement true?
19. Briefly explain intolerance in the thirteenth century. What groups were singled out for
attack? Why were they attacked?
20. Discuss the background of the Crusades. What key events precipitated these ventures of
European knights toward the Holy Land? What were the underlying reasons/principal
motivations for them?