DISCUSSIONGUIDEFORMEDIEVAL,WEEK8:

TheVikings
DiscussthedefinitionoftheVikingAge.AskthestudentwhatitmighthavebeenliketolivethroughaViking raid. DiscussthepracticeofcommunityinspectionsofnewchildreninVikingcommunities.Ask:Howdoesthis practicegoagainstwhattheBibleteachesabouthoweachpersonismadeinGodsimage? DescribetheVikingpracticeofarrangingtheirdeadaboardships,lightingthemafireandthensendingtheir deadouttosea. DescribeOdinandThorsspecialequipment. RetellthetaleofhowLokikilledBaldur. DescribetheVikingwarriorslifeafterdeathinValhalla.ExplainwhatVikingsexpectedtohappenatthe Ragnarok. DiscusswhatlifemighthavebeenlikeaboardaVikingexplorerslongshiporknarr,sailingoutintothe distancewithnocertaintyoffindingland. RetellthestoryofhowErictheRedconvincedVikingsettlerstojoinhimonGreenlandbyclaimingthat Greenlandwasgreen,noticecoveredasitreallywas. ExplainwhyLeifandThorvaldEricssonsNorthAmericancolony,Vinland,failedbecauseofhostilityfrom thenativeSkraelings,andbecauseitsparentcoloniesonGreenlandhadtoomanytroublesoftheirownto supportVinland. ChurchHistoryinBrief TheEasternChurchandtheWesternchurcharguedovermorethanjusticons.Theyalsoarguedover whatkindofbreadtheyshoulduseintheLordsSupper,whetherornotpriestsshouldmarryandhowthey shouldwordtheNiceneCreed.Theirbiggestargumentofallwasoverthepopesauthority:TheWesternchurch feltthatthepopeshouldhaveauthorityoverallChristians,wherevertheylived;buttheEasternchurchsawno reasonwhythepopeshouldbemorepowerfulthatthepatriarchofConstantinople. Eventually,theseargumentssplitthechurch.TheWesternchurchbecametheRomanCatholicChurch, andtheEasternChurchbecametheEasternOrthodoxChurch.Thesedividedchurcheshavenevercomeback together. ExplainthemanydifferencesbetweenEasternChristianityandWesternChristianitythatledtotheEast WestSchism. DiscussthedifferencebetweentheNiceneCreedinitsoriginalversion,withoutthefilioque,anditsnew versionwiththefilioque. DescribethescenewhenCardinalHumbertstrodeintotheHagiaSophiaandlaidthelatePopeLeoIXsbull ofexcommunicationuponthealtar.