■ COMPARATIVE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ■

1. Question

   What do the Domesday Book (Document 9-2) and the Magna Carta (Document 9-3) reveal about the strategies medieval monarchs employed to expand their power? What do they tell you about the nature of the opposition to such efforts?

2. Question

   Compare and contrast the arguments on both sides of the investiture controversy (Document 9-4). In your opinion, who had the stronger case? Why?

3. Question

   What light do the investiture controversy (Document 9-4) and the call for the First Crusade (Document 9-5) shed on the power of the medieval Church? What do they tell you about the limits of that power?

4. Question

   What does the response to Urban II’s call for a crusade reveal about the religious culture of medieval Europe?