Chapter 7

The Challenge of Christendom:

Church and Empire in Tension

• Two English “sources of light”:

–Boniface: The Apostle to the Germans

–Bede: The Historian Monk

• Watch Boniface Videos #1-3

• Read together in class time line on page 125

• Read section entitled “A Wandering Bishop” on pages 126-127

Bede: The Historian Monk

• Read last paragraph in bottom left-hand and then right-hand column on page 127

• Watch Videos Bede #1-3

• Read “Church and State Entangled” on page 128 and the text beginning “Papal States” on lower right column of page 128 and finishing on page 129

Charlemagne

• Son of Pepin who crated the Papal States

• French for “Charles the Great”

• Read text “Conversion by the Sword” on page 129

• On page 130-131 read about changes in church rituals

• Watch video Charlemagne 1-2

• In class read text on pages 131-132

• Watch videos on an “Intro to Feudalism 1-3” as a preliminary to our discussions beginning on page 133 (3 videos)

• Watch videos “Feudalism # 1-6” (6 videos)

• Read quietly in class “A Day in the Life of a Manor Lady” on pages 136-137

• Watch video “The Vikings”

• Watch Video “The Slavs” with English subtitles

• Read page 139 together in class

• Watch videos “Ireland and Vikings 1 & 2”

• Watch video “A Profile of Ancient Russia”

• In textbook read together bottom right paragraph on page 141

• Read section “The Papacy Up For Grabs” on pages 142-143 in class

• Watch video “The Cluny Abbey” – corresponds to pages 143-144 in textbook

• Watch video “The Cluny Abbey - Volume 2”

• Read together in class right column of page 144 and all of page 145

• Watch videos “Intro to Chapter 8 - The High Middle Ages” and “The High Middle Ages 2”

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