RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 5 - Chapters 16 & 18
A Christian Society (part 1)
AD 600 - 1500
Module Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this Module, you will be able to :
- Describe and discuss the lives and teachings of some key people during the period AD 600-1500. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements during the period AD 600-1500. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues during the period AD 600-1500. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community during the period AD 600-1500. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and Discuss how the Christian community developed during the period AD 600-1500. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community during the period AD 600-1500. (CLO F)
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
Because chapter 18 is much longer than any of the other chapters in this section, we are going to postpone chapter 17 until the next Module.
- Introduction to Part 3, page 185
- Chapter 16, The West in Crisis, pages 187-203
- Notes on Chapter 16
- Timeline, AD 550-1500, pages 204-205
- Chapter 18, Resurgence in the Western Church, pages 221-266
- Notes on Chapter 18
- Notes on Christianity in Britain
- Notes of the Origin of the Holy Roman Empire
- Notes on the Ottoman Empire
- Timeline for AD 600-800
- Timeline for AD 800-1066
- Timeline for AD 1066-1400
- Timeline for AD 1400-1740
- Map of Britain, AD 500-700
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 5
- Useful articles can be found by using GoodSearch
- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it
Study Questions
Prepare an answer sheet for yourself, in which you make notes on these topics. Then you may use it, along with the textbook and the course notes, to answer the questions on the Test, and to formulate a thread for the Discussion Board.
- Pope Gregory the Great
- Clovis, King of the Franks
- Christianity in early Britain - Augustine of Canterbury, the Synod of Whitby
- Theodore of Tarsus (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Muhammad and the Rise and Expansion of Islam
- Celtic Missions to Europe, Boniface of Mainz
- Charles Martel, Charlemagne, and Alcuin
- Otto the Great of Germany
- William the Conqueror, Thomas Becket and Henry II of England
- Pope Innocent III, King John, and Stephen Langton
- Bernard of Clairvaux and the Cistercians
- Francis of Assisi and the Franciscans
- Dominic de Guzman and the Dominicans
- The Crusades
- The Cathars, the Albigensians, and the Waldensians
- The Inquisition
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Peter Abelard
- Thomas Aquinas
- The Founding of Universities, Medieval Cathedrals
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then use it to help you answer the Test and post your thread to the Discussion Board.
Discussion Board
Thread : Whom would you most like to have been :
Augustine of Canterbury, Charlemagne, Alcuin, Thomas Becket, Pope Innocent III, Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi, Anselm, or Thomas Aquinas ?
Choose whom you would most like to have been, write an account of his life, and say why you chose him rather than any of the others.
Replies to 2 of your classmates' threads - If possible, choose Threads which deal with different topics.
What are your thoughts about the people chosen, and their influence on the growth of Christianity?
Test on this Module
Go to the Test Section of the course on Canvas, and take the test at least once before 12 noon of the Monday following the Module period. See the
Assignments Page for dates and times.
You will have 1 hour to complete the test.
You may take the test three times before the cut-off time.
Questions will vary each time you take the test.
Your highest score will count towards your course grade.
Remember to cite your sources if you use any other than the textbook
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