Second Essay Prompts
Choose one of the following questions for your three page paper. These questions are generally
best answered by using two to four sources across multiple weeks. A couple of the questions
reflect material from the sixth week of class,
History 1A Lecture 7
Jew, Heretics and Dissenters in Medieval Europe
-mendicant orders
-the quest for a deep religious experience led some guys to establish this in the 13 th century
-contemplative orders
-spend their days contemplating (praying)
-went ou
History 1B Lecture 8
-midterm = February 8, 11-12:15
-what to bring: blue book and a pen
-4 primary source passages; select 2 to analyze (40%)
-1 essay (60%)
-3-5 QUESTIONS I CAME UP WITH
1. How were jews represented in medieval Europe?
2. Why is feudalis
History 1B Lecture 9
-The Tumultuous 14th Century
-social and economic difficulties that Europeans suffered
-discussion of the black death and aftermath
-FAMINE AND POPULATION
-noticeable changes in weather patterns
-1315-1317: changing weather patterns
-
History 1B Lecture 11
The Renaissance
-came from Italy
-arts, intellectual life, politics
-is it appropriate to define history into distinct periods of time?
-consequences of these divisions?
-problem of periodization^
-Jacob Burckhardt and the renaissanc
History 1B Lecture 11
Politics, Government, & Religion in the Later Middle Ages
-political life
-reversal of earlier trends
-Louis VII (10th century BC) and Edward the Confessor (10 th century BC); feudal monarchs
-monarchs who believed in centralizing th
History 1B Lecture 12
The European Reformations
-modern protestans/catholic churches born at this time (16 th century)
-movements in Roman Catholic Church to define its organization/theology more clearly at this time
(referred to as Counter Reformation)
-
History 1B Lecture 13
European Overseas Expansion
-Avicenna 10th century
-published medical works, still used by Europeans
-Averroes 12th century
-published philosophical works, still used by Europeans
-European expansion: the familiar story
-portugal mos
History 1B Lecture 14
War, Politics, and Religion in the 16th century Europe
-peace of Augsburg mid 16th century
-made the division of Christiandom permanent
-the ruler of the land got to determine which religion they would practice
-2nd half of 16th cent
History 1B Lecture 18
A Walk Down Memory Lane
-Carolingian Empire (9th century)
-largest, most powerful political unit that existed in what we now call Europe
-Charlemagne
-couldnt control the entire empire
-Charles the Bald, Lothair, Louis the German bro
History 1B Lecture 15
Slouching Towards Absolutism
-all laws and all force should lay in the hands of the monarch states
-forces that support absolutism and absolutist thinking
-the trend towards absolutist government came from 3 pressures expressed by ab
HISTORY 1B
7 May 2015
Mid-term
Teo Ruiz
2160B Broad
3:30 4:45 PM
Organize your answers carefully. Provide Examples and
chronological references. Do not be reluctant to voice your own
opinion. Your answers have to be more than a memorization of
your textbo
History 1B Lecture 6
The Crusades
-the crusades seen as European bloodthirstiness and intolerance in history
-prof wants to talk about how the crusades is more than that^
-Pope Urban (r. 1088-1099)
-1095 wanted to take the holy land from the Seljuk turks
History 1B Lecture 5
Making Europe Christian
-successors of Gregory VII continued his battle
-successful at building up the machinery of government
-Pope Urban II
-the curia under him was divided into a number of divisions
-canon law (church law)
-by the
History 1B Lecture 4
Reform of the Early Medieval Church
-Christianity becoming more entrenched in European society in the middle of the 10 th century
-concern about the state of the church during this time
-people calling for church reform as a result
-p
TheRenaissance(IntrotoEarlyModernEurope)
PopulationIncreasebyabout10Millionfrom17001800
FrancescoPetrarca(13041374)
o Firsthumanist,Culturalreject
o Argueddiscontinuitybetweenmedievalandmodern
o BelievedthatrecoveringromanandGreekculture
wouldgetridofmedi
Calvin Childress
Childress 1
History 1B Final
Section 1G: TA Rhiannon
Due Date: 05JUNE2015
Part I, Question 1: Walter Benjamin, in one of the excerpts from his Theses on
the Philosophy of History, writes that there is no document of civilization which
is
-History 1B Lecture 1
-Overview of what we are learning this quarter
-Carolingian Empire
-Mostly France today
-most powerful political unit
-led by Charlemagne
-eventually fragmented with the help of the vikings
-new political and social arrangements bega
History 1B Lecture 2
-The Carolingians (192-195, 198-201)
-did not last
-while Charlemagne was a strong leader, his leadership was not enough to sustain his empire
after his death, leading to the fragmentation of his empire
-Charlemagne
-His original king
History 1B Lecture 3
-Feudalism, Manorialism & the Emergence of Feudal Monarchies
-new political relations occur because of the loss of central power in Europe since emperors could no
longer provide protection
-rather, local lords began to provide protect
My issue is that he seems to compare how religious a community is to the 2 super-religious
areas (workmens villages)
o However, in modern terms, we can say the majority werent as religious
Yet, comparing the 2 villages to the rest isnt good because thes
