Assignment Task:
Word prose essay, with a thesis statement and paragraphs supporting and explaining the thesis.
Question: Choose any of the questions asked by Hans Peter Broedel in the Doing History section of "The Medieval Period" chapter, and answer it, tying your response to other areas of The Medieval Period chapter.
Primary sources:
The Utrecht Psalter
Jacques de Vitry, "Description of University Students."
Roger Bacon: "On the Hidden Workings of Nature and Art and the Emptiness of Magic."
References:
The Medieval Period (500 to 1400 CE) - Europe. By Hans Peter Broedel
Albert the Great. 1987. Man and the Beasts: De Animalibus (Books 22-26). Translated by James J. Scanlan. Binghamton, NY: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies.