HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
HISTORY 101
Topic Twelve:  The Expansion of Europe:  Economy, Society, and Politics in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 CE

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Identifications:
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items.
manorialism, serfdom, three-field crop-rotation system, guilds, Crusades, Urban II, Saladin, feudalism, vassal, knight, chivalry, fief, William of Normandy, Thomas Becket, King John, Magna Carta, Edward I, Philip II, Henry IV, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II, The Battle of Hastings, Battle of Manzikert, Magna Carta, Eleanor of Aquitane, Domesday Book
 

Essays:
1.  What were the elements that brought about the agricultural revolution?
2.  Asses the impact of the Crusades on each of these areas:  Byzantine Empire, the Islamic world, and western Europe.
How did powerfull kings come into conflict with various popes?  Give examples.
 

Reading Assignment: