7/29/2019 Medieval Family Discussion Guide Sample

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DISCUSSIONGUIDEFORMEDIEVAL,WEEK8:

TheVikings

DiscussthedefinitionoftheVikingAge.AskthestudentwhatitmighthavebeenliketolivethroughaVikingraid.

DiscussthepracticeofcommunityinspectionsofnewchildreninVikingcommunities.Ask:HowdoesthispracticegoagainstwhattheBibleteachesabouthoweachpersonismadeinGodsimage?

DescribetheVikingpracticeofarrangingtheirdeadaboardships,lightingthemafireandthensendingtheirdeadouttosea.

DescribeOdinandThorsspecialequipment. RetellthetaleofhowLokikilledBaldur. DescribetheVikingwarriorslifeafterdeathinValhalla.ExplainwhatVikingsexpectedtohappenatthe

Ragnarok.

DiscusswhatlifemighthavebeenlikeaboardaVikingexplorerslongshiporknarr,sailingoutintothedistancewithnocertaintyoffindingland.

RetellthestoryofhowErictheRedconvincedVikingsettlerstojoinhimonGreenlandbyclaimingthatGreenlandwasgreen,noticecoveredasitreallywas.

ExplainwhyLeifandThorvaldEricssonsNorthAmericancolony,Vinland,failedbecauseofhostilityfromthenativeSkraelings,andbecauseitsparentcoloniesonGreenlandhadtoomanytroublesoftheirownto

supportVinland.

ChurchHistoryinBrief

TheEastern

Church

and

the

Western

church

argued

over

more

than

just

icons.

They

also

argued

over

whatkindofbreadtheyshoulduseintheLordsSupper,whetherornotpriestsshouldmarryandhowthey

shouldwordtheNiceneCreed.Theirbiggestargumentofallwasoverthepopesauthority:TheWesternchurch

feltthatthepopeshouldhaveauthorityoverallChristians,wherevertheylived;buttheEasternchurchsawno

reasonwhythepopeshouldbemorepowerfulthatthepatriarchofConstantinople.

Eventually,theseargumentssplitthechurch.TheWesternchurchbecametheRomanCatholicChurch,

andtheEasternChurchbecametheEasternOrthodoxChurch.Thesedividedchurcheshavenevercomeback

together.

ExplainthemanydifferencesbetweenEasternChristianityandWesternChristianitythatledtotheEastWestSchism.

DiscussthedifferencebetweentheNiceneCreedinitsoriginalversion,withoutthefilioque,anditsnewversionwiththefilioque.

DescribethescenewhenCardinalHumbertstrodeintotheHagiaSophiaandlaidthelatePopeLeoIXsbullofexcommunicationuponthealtar.