Before class on Wed/Thurs please read pages 279-287 and be sure to take notes on the following:
- What does the term papacy refer to? (pg. 279)
- What was the Holy Roman Empire? Note: As John Green says, it was not actually Holy, Roman, or an Empire (pg. 280)
- Describe the conflict between religious and secular leaders in this time period, including the investiture controversy. (pg. 281)
- What is monasticism and what was its most important form? (pgs. 282-283)
- Who was Vladimir I (Kievan Russia) and what were his regions for choosing to make his kingdom Orthodox Christian rather than Islamic or Jewish? (pg. 285)