Western Civilization

After learning about cultural, educational, and architectural advancements of the High Middle Ages (Chapter 9 lecture), answer the following question. Follow the directions carefully in order to receive full credit.

Chapter 9 Lecture Question 

As mentioned above, in this week’s lecture, you learned about the cultural, educational, and architectural advancements of the High Middle Ages. Which part of this week’s lecture and/or assigned reading interested you most and why?

Directions for Answering the Question:

• Using information from the lecture,
  1. Identify what part of the lecture/reading interested you most.
  2. Fully describe it to me using specific information and examples from the lecture.
     • If you discuss castles, make sure to describe the architectural parts of a castle and who lived there
     • If you discuss knights, make sure to describe what they needed to be a knight and what sort of fun activities they participated in
     • If you discuss the growing power of kings, give me some examples of how kings gained or lost power during this time period
     • If you discuss universities, make sure to describe the two different models, their curriculum, and degrees
  3. Fully explain why that part interested you (Do not skip this part! Tell me why the topic personally interested you. Try to write at least 2-3 sentences to explain this).

Important Rules for all Lecture Questions:

• Only use information from the lecture to answer the question. These questions are intended to check that you watched and understood the lecture. If you use information from an outside source/s, your assignment will receive a zero.
• Fully explain your statements and include specific examples from the lecture.
• Explain all information in your own words. Do not quote or copy and paste from the lecture or my powerpoint. Doing so will earn your assignment a zero.
• Use good grammar, including complete sentences and correct punctuation. You may use bullet points, but the information you write out beside those bullet points should be complete sentences, not single words or sentence fragments.