European History AP
summer reading 2008
William Manchester A
World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind
And
the Renaissance
ISBN: 0-316-54556-2
Matters to pay special attention
to:
1.
the “medieval mind” i.e. How did people in the Middle
Ages see themselves and the world around them?
What was the role of the Church?
How did government function?
2.
the Renaissance Papacy How did
it function? Who were the major figures? What were the annates and indulgences? How did
the Pope try to exert control over national monarchs?
3.
Martin Luther What were his
major ideas? How did his upbringing
affect his personality and ideas? What were the main events of the Lutheran
Reformation?
4.
John Calvin What were his main
ideas? How much did he agree with Luther? What were the differences?
5.
Henry VIII and Archbishop
Cranmer What
were the political reasons for the English Reformation? Originally, Henry wanted to be Catholic
without the Pope; how did that change?
6.
Magellan What were the
new ideas and technologies that led him to propose sailing around the
world?