Identifier: modernhistoryeur00west (find matches)
Title: Modern history; Europe
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: West, Willis Mason, 1857- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y regarding the rise of the insti-tution. For special features,—chivalry, village life, etc.,—see footnotereferences to §§ 21, 36-38. Historical fiction upon the feudal period isparticularly valuable : Scotts novels, of course, must not be overlooked,although they give a false glamor to the age, and perhaps they should becorrected by Mark Twains scathing treatment in his ConnecticutYankee in King Arthurs Court. Other excellent portraits are given inRobert Louis Stevensons Black Arrow and Conan Doyles White Com-pany. Charlotte Yonges Little Duke and Stocktons Story of Viteauare good for younger students and will be enjoyed by older ones.Martineaus Prince and Peasant pictures the abuses of feudalism at alater period. Special Reports. — 1. The revolt of the Norman peasants in 997, andthe way it was regarded by feudal society. (See a medieval account inJones Source Extracts, 87-88. This may well be made a class exerciseinstead of an individual topic.) 2. Tournaments. 3. The amuse-
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§41) FRANCE —RISE OF A NATIVE DYNASTY. 51 ment of hunting in feudal times. 4. Life in a feudal castle. 5. Her-aldry. 6. Armor. 7. Life in a monastery. For the second, third, and fourth topics, material should be sought inthe better historical novels dealing with the period. Students may alsobe called upon to find incidents in such literature illustrating the variousparagraphs in the preceding treatment. For topic 7, see especiallyJessops Coming of the Friars. Suggestions for Review upon Divisions I-III. 1. Let the class prepare review questions, each member five or ten. Criticise the questions, showing which ones help to bring out im-portant facts and contrasts and likenesses, and which are merelytrivial and curious. 2. Make lists of important names or terms for rapid drill, requiring brief but clear explanation of each term. The following terms are suitable:suzerain (liege), vassal, serf, villein, Lotharingia, Bomance lan-guage, Oath of Strasburg, Magyars, Bolf the Dane, feudal ai

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