COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Document 10-1: Commenda Contracts
Document 10-2: Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, Letter and Excommunication
Document 10-3: Fulcher of Chartres, Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont
Document 10-4: Ibn al-Athir, A Muslim Perspective
Document 10-5: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle/Domesday Book
- What do the Domesday survey and commenda contracts suggest about the basis of the medieval economy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries? What had changed from earlier periods? What remained the same?
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What do the Domesday survey and commenda contracts suggest about the basis of the medieval economy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries? What had changed from earlier periods? What remained the same?
- How do you think Pope Gregory VII would have reacted to William I’s relationship with the English church, as described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and why?
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How do you think Pope Gregory VII would have reacted to William I’s relationship with the English church, as described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and why?
- In what ways do both the investiture conflict between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII and the First Crusade reflect the new power of the medieval papacy?
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In what ways do both the investiture conflict between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII and the First Crusade reflect the new power of the medieval papacy?
- Look closely at the language Urban II and Ibn al-Athīr use to describe crusaders and Muslims. What similarities and differences do you see? What does this suggest about how the two sides viewed each other?
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Look closely at the language Urban II and Ibn al-Athīr use to describe crusaders and Muslims. What similarities and differences do you see? What does this suggest about how the two sides viewed each other?