The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 9: The Flowering of Medieval Civilization

Problems for Analysis

I. Cultural Developments

1
Compare the universities and student life around 1200 with those of today. What was so important about the development of universities at this early date?
2
Compare the ideas of Aquinas and Duns Scotus. How does the analysis of Duns Scotus signify a change from the synthesis of Aquinas?
3
Did religious concerns completely dominate cultural life during the eleventh and twelfth centuries? Support your argument.

II. The States of Europe

4
The Magna Carta is sometimes thought of as a democratic document. In light of the political developments in England during the thirteenth century, do you agree? Why?
5
Compare constitutional consolidation in France with the disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire. How do you explain the differences?

III. The Church

6
Does the growth of heresy, and its suppression, indicate that the Church was effectively unified at the beginning of the thirteenth century? Why?
7
Compare the factors that evidenced the growing strength of the Church with those that evidenced future problems for the Church.
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