STEP4: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.
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THE STATE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES Compare and contrast monarchical efforts at political centralization in England and France. How would you explain the differences you note? How did medieval monarchs use legal and judicial reforms to enhance their power? |
THE CHURCH IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES What steps did reforming popes take to enhance the power and prestige of the church? Who resisted their efforts and why? What were the guiding principles of the monastic reform movement? How would you explain the movement’s success? |
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THE CRUSADES AND THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTENDOM What were the most important consequences of the Crusades? What role did military force play in the expansion of Christendom in the Middle Ages? 
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MAKE CONNECTIONS How did the monarchs of the High Middle Ages build on the accomplishments of their early medieval predecessors? How did medieval monarchs lay the foundation of modern national states? 
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