Module+1+-+The+Middle+Ages+in+Western+Europe

Please read and use pages 16-31 in Wood's //AP Euro Essential Coursebook// (and the internet or other resources when necessary) to complete the following tasks:

1. Create a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts the Early and High Middle Ages. 2. Describe the poltical composition of Western Europe during the Middle Ages. 3. Please Identify (who, what, where, when, and why) Clovis and Charlemagne, making sure your illuminate why they were each important/significant to the course of European history. 4. Define feudalism, manorialism, serfs, fiefs, and villeins **in your own words.** Sometimes[| this chart] helps for feudalism. 5. Read the excerpt on manorialism and write down five observations you have made about manorialism.
 * Part I: Intro to the Middle Ages; Feudalism and Manorialism**

1. Define Benedictine Rule, canon law, excommunicate, and interdict 2. What role did monasteries play in providing stability through the Dark Ages?
 * Part II: Religion**

1. How was the Holy Roman Empire established? 2. Read [|this primary source], according to Roger of Wendover, what caused the nobles of England to demand the king sign the Magna Carta? 3. Read the [|Magna Carta] and outline five of the major tenants of this monumental work. What is significant about this document (think big picture here)?
 * Part III: Political Developments**

1. Watch this clip from //[|The Crescent and the Cross]// documentary from the beginning until 18:39 (so you do not have to watch the entire thing). Take notes on: a) the causes of the Crusades and motivations behind launching the Crusades b) the words used to characterize the Popes of this era media type="youtube" key="zqK-RuntywY" height="349" width="425" 2. Read the grey section on page 27 - describe the Pope and knights' perspectives on the Crusades. What was significant about the Fourth Crusade? How does this Crusade effect the prominence of Venice? What were the long term effects of the Crusades on Europe?
 * Part IV: The Crusades - the you tube link has been readded!**

1. A. Describe examples of Anti-Semitism in Europe from your text. B. Using [|this source], choose one Anti-Semitic legend and evaluate how that legend would have promulgated through society and cultivated Anti-Semitism.
 * Part V: Anti-Semitism**

1. Consult your text and address the following: What is scholasticism? Define the word **vernacular** and provide concrete examples of some of the earliest texts. Compare and contrast Gothic and Romanesque architecture. 2. Read the following excerpt from Dante's //Divine Comedy// and answer the questions 1-5 from page 5 of the PDF (or p. 184 of the scanned document).
 * Part VI: Culture and Arts**