Faith/Reason in Middle ages
Weekly Response Papers Instructions
Your weekly response papers should be 500-750 words – please list the word count at the end of the paper.
Your papers should demonstrate a close reading of the texts—a serious attempt to understand those texts and the ideas contained therein, and carefulness in writing and expressing your own thoughts.
Each response paper should contain the following 2 parts:
Part 1: A very brief summary of ONE of the primary sources. This should be no more than a sentence or two, and set apart from the main body of the response paper.
Part 2: An analysis of the primary source you select that answers one of the questions asked for that text. This is the main focus of the response papers. Please make sure to answer the question I am asking, and explain what you find to be significant in this text, and why. Please do not merely summarize or describe the text.
Optional:
If you wish, you can conclude with a sentence or two of what you find interesting or noteworthy about the text. This is an extension of element no. 2, above, and allows for you to give your own opinion about the text and what lessons it can impart.
Answer the following question after reading “For Urban II’s Call to Crusade”
Question: What are some of the common themes in these 4 accounts, and what do they tell us about medieval society at the time?
Please answer the question above. Please see reading material and instructions attached,
