Middle Ages in West Europe Standards
7.32 Identify the physical location and features of Europe including the Alps, the Ural
Mountains, the North European Plain, and the Mediterranean Sea and the influence of the
North Atlantic Drift.
7.33 Describe the development of feudalism and manorialism, its role in the medieval European economy, and the way in which it was influenced by physical geography (the role of the manor and the growth of towns).
7.34 Demonstrate understanding of the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and
European monarchs, including Charlemagne, Gregory VII, and Emperor Henry IV.
7.35 Examine the Norman Invasion, Battle of Hastings, and the impact of the reign of William
the Conqueror on England and Northern France.
7.36 Conduct a short research project explaining the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions including trial by jury, the common law, Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, and an independent judiciary in England.
7.37 Examine the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early
church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the Roman
Empire.
7.38 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the European Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.
7.39 Explain the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic
institution, including founding of universities, political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the Latin language and religious texts, Thomas Aquinas’s synthesis of classical philosophy with Christian theology and the concept of “natural law.”
7.40 Describe the economic and social effects of the spread of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe, and its impact on the global
population.
7.41 Trace the emergence of a modern economy, including the growth of banking, technological and agricultural improvements, commerce, towns, and a merchant class.
7.42 Outline the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula that culminated in the
Reconquista, Inquisition, and the rise of Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms.
Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: excerpts from The Life of
Charlemagne: The Emperor Himself, Einhard; selected accounts of the Black Death; excerpts
from Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas
Mountains, the North European Plain, and the Mediterranean Sea and the influence of the
North Atlantic Drift.
7.33 Describe the development of feudalism and manorialism, its role in the medieval European economy, and the way in which it was influenced by physical geography (the role of the manor and the growth of towns).
7.34 Demonstrate understanding of the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and
European monarchs, including Charlemagne, Gregory VII, and Emperor Henry IV.
7.35 Examine the Norman Invasion, Battle of Hastings, and the impact of the reign of William
the Conqueror on England and Northern France.
7.36 Conduct a short research project explaining the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions including trial by jury, the common law, Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, and an independent judiciary in England.
7.37 Examine the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early
church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the Roman
Empire.
7.38 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the European Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.
7.39 Explain the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic
institution, including founding of universities, political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the Latin language and religious texts, Thomas Aquinas’s synthesis of classical philosophy with Christian theology and the concept of “natural law.”
7.40 Describe the economic and social effects of the spread of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe, and its impact on the global
population.
7.41 Trace the emergence of a modern economy, including the growth of banking, technological and agricultural improvements, commerce, towns, and a merchant class.
7.42 Outline the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula that culminated in the
Reconquista, Inquisition, and the rise of Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms.
Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: excerpts from The Life of
Charlemagne: The Emperor Himself, Einhard; selected accounts of the Black Death; excerpts
from Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas