Medieval Monasticism
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A 3 page essay examining the role of monasteries in the Middle Ages, and using Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedictine, as the standard against which others are compared. One cited reference.
Filename: Monast.wps

Medieval Peasant Clothing
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A 3 page paper on medieval peasant clothing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAmedc.rtf

Medieval Play Analysis--"Youth"
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A 4 page analysis of a medieval play entitled "Youth." The writer examines this play via subheadings, which cover topics such as opening stasis, action and casting considerations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khmed3.rtf

Medieval Poetry/Alysoun
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A 4 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of "Alysoun," a medieval lyric poem. The writer argues that an examination of this poem illustrates the medieval perspective on life, as well as the people's love of life and its pleasures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khalys.rtf

Medieval Text/The Wanderer
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A 3 page essay that comments on a medieval Anglo-Saxon poem. The European world changed greatly during the Middle Ages, both physically and spiritually. While some individuals were able to accept the precepts of Christianity easily, others experienced emotional turmoil over the changes that advancing Christianity brought, which included the destruction of cherished cultural values, such as the mead-hall and having primary allegiance to the clan ruler. The Wanderer is a medieval text in which the author explores the spiritual changes he is undergoing. To describe this spiritual transformation in concrete terms, the poet uses the physical world allegorically in order to describe his spiritual journey. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khwanasp.rtf

Medieval Theater/The Apple Tree
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes a Dutch medieval morality play entitled "The Apple Tree." The writer examines this play by addressing 16 specific topics of investigation, such as character relationship, opening stasis, closing stasis, and synopsis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmedap.rtf

Medieval University Life
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A 6 page essay that discusses common areas between university life in the Middle Ages and today. During the Middle Ages, centers of learning began to crow up in several European cities, such as Paris and Bologna, Italy (Wiesner, Ruff and Wheeler 152). Beginning in the twelfth century, student life became a feature of the towns that gave birth to nascent universities. There are an abundance of surviving primary sources from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that reveal what university life was like for the medieval students. Despite the passage of centuries, these sources reveal many common features between medieval university life and the present. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khmedu.rtf

Miller's Tale & the Second Shepherd's Play
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A 5 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares Geoffrey Chaucer's Miller Tale from his Canterbury Tales and the medieval mystery play The Second Shepherd's Play. The writer discusses the similarities and differences between these contemporary medieval works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmtssp.rtf

Mohammed, Charlemagne & Origins of Europe
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A 7 page essay that analyzes Richard Hodges and David Whitehouse's 1983 text Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe: Archeology and the Pirenne Thesis, which is part of a continuing body of historical scholarship that addresses the nature and validity of Henri Pirenne's famous thesis concerning the origins of the medieval period. This examination demonstrates that, while the fringe elements of Pirenne's thesis can be disputed, the basic premise, which is that Rome did not disappear as a viable political entity quickly, but rather was a victim of gradual decline, is largely substantiated by recent research. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khmohcha.rtf

Monks in Medieval France / Vows Of Chastity ?
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6 pages in length. Medieval monks.. did they adhere to their vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and sometimes silence? Research suggests not. Evidence points to excesses in physical pleasures, especially in the realms of sex and food. The sometimes perverted sexual habits of some of the monks has been passed down through anecdotal records. Bibliography included.
Filename: Monks.wps

Morris Bishop/ "The Middle Ages"
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A 5 page review of Morris Bishop's classic text on the Middle Ages, a book that has been considered a definitive text on that historical period from its initial publication in 1968. In this single, yet absorbing, volume, Bishop relates the entirety of the thousand year period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbishma.wps

Order of The Canterbury Tales
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the ordering of Chaucer's medieval masterpiece. The writer discusses what is known as the "b" group order and how it differs from the ordering of the tales in the Ellesmere manuscript. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khbgr.rtf

Parzival/Honor in the Middle Ages
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A 4 page essay that discusses Wolfram von Eschenbach's thirteenth century German epic, in which there is an emphasis on a knight's honor that is directly associated with combat. In this epic, the hero, Parzival, is on a journey that takes him to the Holy Grail, but more importantly, he is also on a spiritual journey of enlightenment that demonstrates the German medieval attitude toward the association between honor and combat. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khparzi.rtf

Questions on the Crusades
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A 6 page research paper that answers 4 specific questions covering issues pertaining to the Crusades. Topics covered include why Christians won the First Crusade; why religious tolerance dissolved in Islamic Spain; Why the Byzantine emperor expected help from Rome; and Richard the Lionheart as a strategic leader. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khcruqu.rtf

Reciprocal Relationships in Yvain
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A 5 page essay that analyzes the reciprocity of relationships in Chretien de Troyes' twelfth century epic poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. The writer argues that the message that these relationships transmit to the reader is that that give and take is necessary to the maintenance of society in general. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khyvain.rtf

Religion and the Enlightenment
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A paper which considers the perspective of Voltaire, Kant and Condorcet on organised religion, and the extent to which the Enlightenment thinkers had a direct impact on social change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JLenlgrelig.rtf

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