Unit II
- while thinking though how the medieval ages were formed in thought, papal monarchy came to mind, though through our readings of MacCulloch this is kinda swept under the rug. I wanted a more in depth dive of thoughts of Popes and what they did to shape the church.
Morris, C. (1989). The papal monarchy: The western Church from 1050 to 1250. Oxford: Clarendon Press. doi:https://oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.ezproxy.proxy.library.oregonstate.edu/view/10.1093/0198269250.001.0001/acprof-9780198269250
This seems to give me the best viewpoint of how nations and religion were formed in the medieval ages through the eyes of Popes and bishops. As we know much of what was thought was formed opinions was really whatever the pope or church thought at that time.
2) on discussions of marriage and sex during medieval eras we learn very little through primary course text of MacCulloch. The only way to get a better understanding of this is utilizing the additional readings section of the course text.
Halverson, J. L. (2008). Contesting Christendom: Readings in medieval religion and culture. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. doi:https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/osu/detail.action?docID=1343850
Reading through this I have been given a better understanding of how marriage values were built at least in France, which may give better insight throughout Europe as a whole.
3) Thinking of the crusades, many of our Source texts talk about the big points of some of the crusades but kind of brush off many of the smaller details along with what actually happened with the crusades and why they happened.
Cartwright, M. (2020, September 01). First Crusade. Retrieved August 27, 2020, from https://www.ancient.eu/First_Crusade/
This gives a much more detailed and in depth look at Pope Urban II crusade with many more of the minutia details that were overlooked in many of the course texts. It gives me a better understanding of what all happened, why it happened, and the outcome of this crusade.
