Ways of the World A Brief Global History First Edition CHAPTER 10 The Worlds of European Christendom Connected and Divided 5001300 Copyright 2009 by BedfordSt Martins Robert W Strayer ID: 771809
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Ways of the World:A Brief Global History First Edition CHAPTER 10The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided500–1300 Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Robert W. Strayer
Eastern Christendom:Building on the Past
Continued Patterns (Original: p. 271 and p. 276; With Sources: p. 427 and p. 432) Divergences ( Original: pp. 272-273; With Sources: pp. 428-429)▪Continuance can be seen in Byzantium’s roads, military structures, centralized administration, imperial court, laws, and Christian organization▪It can also be seen in Byzantium’s pursuit of the long-term struggle with the Persian Empire.▪Byzantium diverged through the development of a reformed administrative system that gave appointed generals civil authority in the empire’s provinces and allowed them to raise armies from the landowning peasants of the region.▪It also diverged through the new ideas encompassed in caesaropapism that defined the relationship between the state and the Church. What respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
The Byzantine State
The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence
Byzantium and the World
The Conversion of Russia
Western Christendom:Constructing a Hybrid Civilization
In the Wake of Roman Collapse: Political Life in Western Europe, 500–1000
In the Wake of Roman Collapse: Society and the Church, 500–1000
Accelerating Change in the West, 1000–1300
Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition
The West in Comparative Perspective
Catching Up
Pluralism in Politics
Reason and Faith
Chapter 10 The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided, 500–1300 Map 10.1 The Byzantine Empire (p. 272)Map 10.2 Western Europe in the Ninth Century (p. 280)Map 10.3 Europe in the High Middle Ages (p. 283)Map 10.4 The Crusades (p. 287) Charlemagne (p. 268)St. Mark’s Basilica (p. 274)European Women at Work (p. 285)Christians and Muslims (p. 288)European Technology (p. 291) European University Life in the Middle Ages (p. 294)
iClicker Questions Chapter 10: The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided, 500–1300
Comparison: Compared to Western Europe in 1000 c.e., Byzantiuma. had developed a society where church and state were clearly separated. b. possessed no city that could rival the splendor of Rome.c. possessed a more centralized political system.d. had little influence in Eastern Europe.
Change: Which of the following developments did NOT underpin the emergence of Western Europe as a dynamic civilization after 1000 c.e.?a. Political authority was strengthened in the West when rulers adopted the Byzantine political concept of caesaropapism.b. Long-distance trade was revived and expanded.c. The Crusades expanded the influence of Western Europe. d. Europeans borrowed and adapted a number of technologies from other civilizations in Eurasia.
Connection: In the long term, the Crusades increased contact between Western Europe and the rest of Eurasia in all EXCEPT which of the following ways? a. The Crusader notion of “God wills it” influenced later European Empire building especially in the Americas.b. The permanent occupation of the Holy Land created a Western European base for trade along the Silk Roads.c. The Crusades brought Europeans into more direct contact with Muslim scholarship. d. The Crusades stimulated demand for Asian luxury goods in Europe.
Discussion Starter: Do you think that Europe between 500 c.e. and 1300 c.e. is besta. studied as a single Christian civilization? b. studied as two distinct but related civilizations?c. studied as two rival civilizations?d. studied in the context of a wider Christian world that encompasses Christian communities in Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Discussion Starter: For you, which is the most distinctive element of the hybrid Western European civilization that took shape after 1000 c.e.? a. Multiple rival political statesb. The maintenance of a split between political and religious authorityc. The intellectual tension between the claims of reason and faith d. Europe’s willingness to borrow technologies
Discussion Starter: Would you rather live in Song China or in later medieval Europe?a. Song China b. Later medieval Europe
Answer Key for Chapter 10Answer is CAnswer is A Answer is B