Organization of Society in Western Europe in the 11^th and 12^th Centuries

Medieval Europe, 1000 to 1500

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The paper should be 6-8 pages and consists of two parts.

For the first part please answer question A and answer using only the “A Source” doc that is provided (first 8 pages of doc only).

For the second part you will need to answer these 5 questions: C (source A {first 8 pages of doc}), E (Source E {15th page on doc numbered 69}), F (source F {starting from page numbered 9}), G ( source A {the 9 – 11 pages of the doc}), H (Source E {ninth page of doc})

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HISTORY 119B

Mid-term

Teo Ruiz

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Rebecca Gates will grade students with last names from Abajian to Gragar (inclusive)

Richard Ibarra will grade students with last names from Gu to Muljadi (inclusive)

Elizabeth Landers will grade students with last names from Munoz to Zocker.

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Part I. Answer one.

1. How was society organized throughout most of western Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries? Discuss the nature of the relationship between lord and vassal and lord and peasant. What rights and obligations did these bonds entail? What role did towns play in this world? What new values did the bourgeoisie inject into the “feudal” world? What sort of society resulted from these arraignments? How did these relationships change over time and why? Are there such relations today? How are they similar, how are they different? Course website:Week Three, sel. 1.

1. This question asks you to summarize: the nature of the bonds between lord and vassal and lord and peasant. Explain how the entire structure of feudal society came about, what purpose it fulfilled, who benefitted from it, how it changed over time. Go beyond repeating the lecture. Use the outlines. Advance your own thoughts and interpretations.

1. What was the condition of the Church in the tenth and eleventh centuries? How was the Church reformed and what conflicts resulted from the ecclesiastical desire for independence? Discuss briefly the nature of monastic, lay, and papal reform and the final outcome of the Investiture Controversy. Above all, you must discuss in detail the documents which show the position of those who supported the papacy and those who supported lay power. What were the issues discussed in these documents? What positions did the writers take? What was the nature of their arguments? Why are these ideas important in the modern world and what were the consequences of the contest? CW: Week Three, sel. 2 & 3.

Question B asks you to have a brief narrative about the ills that plagued the Church in the 9^th and 10^th century, how it led to reforms, and what were the outcome of this reforms. You need to address some of the debates on both sides. Essentailly, where did power come from, who held it, and why? Be creative. Do not just re[eat the lectures.

1. How did the Renaissance of the twelfth century come about? What were its main characteristics/ outline briefly — with references to the sources included in the Course Reader — the main aspects of the twelfth century cultural production. In detail discuss two of the following:

1. a) literature (Christian, Goliard, and epic)
2. b) courtly love
3. c) philosophy in the twelfth century. The rise of universities
4. d) Gothic art
5. e) popular religion and heresy

CW: Weeks Four and Five, (Tristan may be used by those in the Honors discussion)

Question C is pretty straight forward. How did the Renaissance come about (see my e mailing for weeks 4 & 5). Why were these cultural developments important.

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Part 1-A

Introduction

Contractual relationships were the norm in Western Europe in the 11^th and 12^th centuries. As much as the church played an important role in protecting and encouraging merchants, feudalism also controlled how they went about their lives. The introduction of capitalism transformed the feudal society…

 

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