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14: The Formation Of Western Europe - 800 to 1500 CE

Purpose: Along with class lessons and activities, this assignment will help us address this essential
question: What religious, economic, and political events led to the development of Western
Europe?
RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL SYSTEMS

In Western Europe the time period from 800 to 1500 is known as the Age of Faith. Christian beliefs
inspired the Crusades and the building of great cathedrals, and guided the development of universities.
ECONOMICS

Medieval Europeans developed new methods of trade and new systems of finance and commerce. The
changes are known as the Commercial Revolution.
CULTURAL INTERACTION

Although destructive in many ways, the Crusades resulted in a great deal of cultural exchange. Medieval
Christian Europe learned and adopted much from the Muslim world.
Given: ! Use the World History: Patterns of Interaction (POI) textbook to complete the assignment below.
Refer to the course calendar to acquire due dates and other instructions.
Task:
A. Church Reforms and the Crusades
Read from page 380 (beginning with Cathedrals-Cities of God) to 386. Be sure to write complete
sentences when a sentence is called for.
Terms & Names:
simony Gothic Urban II Crusade Saladin Richard the Lion-Hearted Reconquista Inquisition

B. Changes in Medieval Society

Read pages 387 - 392. Be sure to write complete sentences when a sentence is called for.
Terms & Names:
three-field system guild Commercial Revolution burgher vernacular Thomas Aquinas scholastics

C. England & France Develop

Read pages 393 - 397. Be sure to write complete sentences when a sentence is called for.
Terms & Names:
William the Conqueror Henry II common law Magna Carta parliament Hugh Capet Philip II EstatesGeneral

D. The Hundred Years War & the Plague

Read pages 398 - 403. Be sure to write complete sentences when a sentence is called for.
Terms & Names:
Avignon Great Schism John Wycliffe Jan Hus bubonic plague Hundred Years War Joan of Arc