Choose One Prompt: All answers must be posted to the Student Postings Forum (week 1 thread) no later than midnight on Friday, March 30th. Also, don't forget to reply to at least TWO of your classmates' postings with an additional example related to the topic, a rebuttal, or a question by midnight on Wednesday, April 4th.
Choose ONE of the following prompts and write an 150-200 word response.
1. Using specific examples, how did the manor system (manorialism) serve the needs of societies of the early Middle Ages? Also, with feudalism, how did a lord benefit from giving his lands away as fiefs?
2. How did the inquisition as a technique increase the Church's secular power? What about its spiritual power? Additionally, how did popes try to control this movement? (hint: You may want to look at David Burr's "Inquisition: Introduction" document again.)