The History Thread

[Giantsfan1080]

I'm a history/poli sci major as well.

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

I'm a history/poli sci major as well.

I'm done with my history major, finishing up my geography major this semester. Who would have ever thought so many history majors on a sports website...

[EvilNixon]

Econ major/Poly sci minor :O

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Mostly turf war because of slavery though. Another Civil War question...Could the war have ended without Grant becoming General in charge?

As General commanding all of the Armies and being commander of the Army of the Potomac? The answer is a sound yes. After 1862, the South stood very little chance of winning the war.

[The_Dude]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

I'm done with my history major, finishing up my geography major this semester. Who would have ever thought so many history majors on a sports website...

Because History majors are easy to get... using them after graduation is the hard part.

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by The_Dude

Because History majors are easy to get... using them after graduation is the hard part.

So ******* true. History degrees are worthless imo unless you want to teach.

[The_Dude]

Then be like me and add in an addition 3 years of school to get a teaching license & masters degree.

When I graduated from UW Madison W a BA in History, i knew that my options were teaching or managing a McDonalds. I'm glad that i made the right choice

[dabears10]

Originally Posted by diabsoule

So ******* true. History degrees are worthless imo unless you want to teach.

Yep go me......

[CJSchneider]

Originally Posted by The_Dude

Then be like me and add in an addition 3 years of school to get a teaching license & masters degree.

When I graduated from UW Madison W a BA in History, i knew that my options were teaching or managing a McDonalds. I'm glad that i made the right choice

Good choice. The question "Can I super-size that?" does not require a history degree to answer.

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by The_Dude

Then be like me and add in an addition 3 years of school to get a teaching license & masters degree.

When I graduated from UW Madison W a BA in History, i knew that my options were teaching or managing a McDonalds. I'm glad that i made the right choice

Yeah, I plan on either joining the police force or military this year. I'm taking a test on the 27th of this month for the police and will begin working out Monday to get in shape for either job.

[tjsunstein]

There are obviously some smart people on these boards that have interest in history. I have a test tomorrow and have a couple study questions that I need some one else's voice on.

1. Explain the relationship of Manorialism and Feudalism. Use the example of William the Conquerer's feudal system in England to explain how the feudalism worked as an effective political system.

2. Discuss Pope Gregory VII's idea of the Papal Monarchy. Give examples of how Gregory and his successors attempted to enforce this concept on the Kings of Europe.

3. Discuss how the kings of Europe consolidated their power at the expenseof their vassals and the church. Choose a country and the techniques that successions used to consolidate their power.

4. Describe the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism. Did these events hurt the church? Explain your answer using specific historical examples.

Only two of those four are on the test. If you can answer any one or more I will give you reps for life.

[tjsunstein]

Reps for life for the above post.

[Mr.Regular]

Originally Posted by EvilNixon

Econ major/Poly sci minor :O

Econ major / Geography and Environmental Sciences minor here.

[brat316]

if you would have posted taht like on friday you would have had better answers.

[tjsunstein]

Originally Posted by bhaarat316

if you would have posted taht like on friday you would have had better answers.

I knowww. But I was doing the study guide and these were the only 4 of that tier that I needed some help on. Deal is still on until 11am est tomorrow morning!

Will still rep for life if anyone answers those questions before 11am est tomorrow.

[TitleTown088]

Well, I'm doing this off the top of my head so they're going to be pretty basic answers but can maybe give you something to work off.

Originally Posted by tjsunstein

4. Describe the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism. Did these events hurt the church? Explain your answer using specific historical examples.

Babylonian captivity-I'm assuming this question is referring to the 'second' Babylonian captivity when the papacy moved to Avignon, France. This hurt the church because at the time there were multiple 'popes' ( 3 at one point I believe) in Avignon and Rome claiming the rights to the papacy and excommunicating each other. I think I'd probably note that certain nations and their secular leaders ultimately had to side with one position or the other and this probably undermined the position of the Catholic church in Europe because there was no clear leader of the Catholic church. So the church was essentially without a uniform pope until the problem was solved at the Council of Constance when Martin V was elected as the true pope. How was the church supposed to provide spiritual guidance for others when it was conflicting within itself?

[tjsunstein]

Anyone else? Thanks Titletown, I appreciate it. Reps have been sent.

[Addict]

Feudalism is a system where one family or nobleman (the King) is the owner of all the land, and it is 'given out' to nobles. As payment, these nobles pledge their allegiance to the king, providing him with income (through taxation of the peasents and other inhabintants of the lands) and, if necessary, armies.
That's essentially how it worked.

But there's probably history buffs here who can explain it better. I'm just a political science freshman.

[fischbowl]

The answer to Question 4 is obvious. The Great Schism completely broke the church in half, with many in Eastern Europe and Russia forming the Eastern Orthodox Church based in Byzantium. This came after long debates about both the practice and theology behind Christianity.

[tjsunstein]

Test was postponed until Wednesday! I have more time to write out essay response to these questions now and try to memorize them by Wednesday. Thanks for the help guys and any more input would be beneficial.

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by fischbowl

The answer to Question 4 is obvious. The Great Schism completely broke the church in half, with many in Eastern Europe and Russia forming the Eastern Orthodox Church based in Byzantium. This came after long debates about both the practice and theology behind Christianity.

If the question is asking about the Babylonian captivity in the same sentence as the great schism, I don't think its referring to the east-west schism but rather the great schism within the western church.


I'm real busy today TJ but if I get the chance I'll try to help ya out with some of the others if you want it. You'd probably hit the jackpot if you got BF51 in here to help ya out.

[fischbowl]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

If the question is asking about the Babylonian captivity in the same sentence as the great schism, I don't think its referring to the east-west schism but rather the great schism within the western church.


I'm real busy today TJ but if I get the chance I'll try to help ya out with some of the others if you want it. You'd probably hit the jackpot if you got BF51 in here to help ya out.

True, the time periods don't match

[tjsunstein]

Bf can't be bribed with reps lol. I tried more than once.

Titletown is right in regards to the time period of the Great Schism.

The test is on Wednesday so I'll most likely be spending the majority of tomorrow studying for this.

Any help is appreciated.

[619]

Originally Posted by Addict

Feudalism is a system where one family or nobleman (the King) is the owner of all the land, and it is 'given out' to nobles. As payment, these nobles pledge their allegiance to the king, providing him with income (through taxation of the peasents and other inhabintants of the lands) and, if necessary, armies.
That's essentially how it worked.

But there's probably history buffs here who can explain it better. I'm just a political science freshman.

This thread is ******* awesome. I'm going to use this explanation in my history tutorial in about an hour or so lol.

Thanks, Addict. +rep

[bearsfan_51]

Do your own work tjunstein, you might learn something. :)