Renaissance #3

Good site on the artists of the Northern Renaissance- use for your personal notes.
http://www.robinurton.com/history/Renaissance/northrenaiss.htm

Read the following on the Protestant Reformation and answer the following questions.
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture3c.html
1. Describe three reasons why Europeans were becomming dissatisfied with the church.
2. What did the Fourth Lateran Council establish?
3. Briefly discuss some of the challenges the church faced in the 14th and 15th centuries.
4. Who was Martin Luther and what did he do in 1517?
5. Who was John Tetzel?
6. Describe John Calvin's second wave of Reformation.

The 95 Theses - look over this
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/luther95.txt
Good video about Luther after the 95 Theses... Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqWnEpZvjs

Renaissance #1

Good You Tube video to start with art work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgSPiAiBjU&feature=related
These sites will help with the various personalities of the Renaissance. (look through their works)
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/index.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm

Erasmus!
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/erasmus.html
1. Describe Erasmus' early life.
2. What did he do in England under Henry VIII?
3. What were many of his writings about? (give an example of a controversy)
4. Summarize the piece from Praise of Folly.

BlogMedieval-Due Thurs/Fri

Read the following and answer the questions.
1. What was the Battle of Hastings about? (describe it)
2. What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm

Read the following on the Hundred Years' War.
Write a brief background of the war and what where its immediate causes? (We will discuss results in class)
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/archive/hundredyearswar.cfm?CFID=8929032&CFTOKEN=74978394&jsessionid=463072cd2ed8ec009977324e463a1d254d18

Medieval-Crusades

Go to this site on the Crusades and make a chart of the four crusades described in this short passage.

http://www.themiddleages.net/life/crusades.html

Byzantine II- Russia

Easy Blog today!! Read the following and answer this one question; How did Vladimir turn the Rus into a Christian state?
http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-vladimir-i-of-kiev/

Byzantine I

I. Read the following and answer the questions below
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MA/BYZ.HTM
(you do not have to read the section on crusaders)

1. Describe any differences between 'Byzantine' and Roman cultures.
2. What is Justinian most famous for?
3. What is the Santa (or Hagia) Sophia?
4. What was the Monophysite Doctrine and why was it important?
5. What new force confronted Heraclius I and what did it force the Byzantines to do?
6. Did the Muslims take Byzantium itself? (Explain)
7. Describe the Iconclastic Controversy.
8. Who was Anna Comnena?

Watch this short video. Aqueduct!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yymXqXabqls

Rise of Christianity

Read the following and answer the questions. (My apologies for being late with this)
http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/christianity_rise.html

1. Briefly explain the Roman religous system. (give two examples)
2. What were the advantages of Christianity?
3. Give a description of the development of Christianity from AD 63-313.
4. When was Christianity legalized? Who was responsible for this?