This document provides critical thinking questions about medieval times for a history of culture class. The questions ask students to: 1) Analyze how Charlemagne embodied different cultural elements and how they helped his rule. 2) Explain feudalism and manorialism and how they established order but also had problems. 3) Discuss the role of religion and church in medieval life. 4) Analyze how guilds functioned in town life.
This document provides critical thinking questions about medieval times for a history of culture class. The questions ask students to: 1) Analyze how Charlemagne embodied different cultural elements and how they helped his rule. 2) Explain feudalism and manorialism and how they established order but also had problems. 3) Discuss the role of religion and church in medieval life. 4) Analyze how guilds functioned in town life.
This document provides critical thinking questions about medieval times for a history of culture class. The questions ask students to: 1) Analyze how Charlemagne embodied different cultural elements and how they helped his rule. 2) Explain feudalism and manorialism and how they established order but also had problems. 3) Discuss the role of religion and church in medieval life. 4) Analyze how guilds functioned in town life.
1.) How did Charlemagne embody a mixture of classical, Germanic and Christian cultural elements? How did these elements help him rule successfully? Refer to his ideas about government organisation and education. 2.) Explain the concepts of feudalism and manorialism. How did feudalism and manorialism establish the order in medieval society? What were the problems inherent to these systems? 3.) What was the role of religion and church in medieval life? 4.) How did guilds function in town life?