Traditions and Encounters, 2/e

Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WESTERN EUROPE

Study Questions


1		What is the significance of Clovis's conversion to Christianity?



2		What were the contributions of Charlemagne's reign, and why did it ultimately fail to last very long?



3		Who were the Vikings? What were the motivations behind their behavior? What were their accomplishments? How did they disrupt European society?



4		What were the obligations of lords toward their retainers and the retainers toward their lords? Why was this arrangement often unstable?



5		What role did the serfs play in early medieval Europe? What was life like on the manor?



6		What was the significance of the invention of the heavy plow for European economy?



7		Although trade constricted in the early middle ages, where and how was it still going on?



8		What was the role of the pope in the early middle ages? How did his role evolve over this period of time?



9		How did monasticism develop in early medieval Europe?



10		What was the significance of the monasteries to the European society and economy?

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