What is Adrian Goldsworthy’s argument? What is Peter Heather’s argument? Which argument did you find most persuasive?

1. What is Adrian Goldsworthy’s argument? What is Peter Heather’s argument? Which argument did you find most persuasive? Why? (your answer must be based on the authors’ arguments, not their writing style or word choice)
2. What similarities and differences do you see in the relationship between religion and government in the Early Middle Ages under Justinian, Omar, and Charlemagne? What differences do you see?

McKay chapters 8-9: Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 600–1000 and State and Church in the High Middle Ages, 1000–1300

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3 According to John of Salisbury, what are the guiding principles that all rulers (princes) should use when managing their government?

4 Review your notes on Herodotus and different forms of government (module 1, lecture 4). Both Herodotus and Thomas Aquinas consider different forms of government and make arguments for which are best and which is worst. On what points would Herodotus and Thomas Aquinas agree? On what points would they disagree?

Specs for discussion forum answers:

1. Length: 100 words per answer
2. Quotations: No more than 5 words can be quoted in your combined discussion forum answers and replies for the entire module
3. Content: Thorough grasp of assigned materials, thoughtful reflection on discussion questions, and specific details from assigned materials to support each answer
4. Completion: Only answers found in your first post in each discussion forum will be graded
5. Plagiarism: Both paraphrasing plagiarism and outside source plagiarism will result in a zero
6. Grammar: A good-faith effort to write in complete sentences with proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
7. Subject line: last name, module X
8. Formatting: Each question answered in a separate paragraph, in the order which the questions are listed. See requirements handout for details on what you need to do if you are cutting and pasting your answers from another file into Blackboard.

Specs for discussion forum replies:

1. Length: 3 academically substantive sentences
2. Quotations: No more than 5 words can be quoted in your combined discussion forum answers and replies for the entire module
3. Content: Each reply must contribute a new and academically substantive idea, focusing on a single discussion forum answer offered by a classmate
4. Distribution: Each reply must be in response to a different one of the discussion questions. Each reply must be on a thread created by a different classmate
5. Tone: Replies must be courteous and respectful
6. Plagiarism: Both paraphrasing plagiarism and outside source plagiarism will result in a zero
7. Grammar: A good-faith effort to write in complete sentences with proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
8. Formatting: See requirements handout for details on what you need to do if you are cutting and pasting your replies from another file into Blackboard.