Elaborations

• describing the features of castles and churches of the period (for example Warwick Castle in England and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris) as examples of the Church’s power in terms of its control of wealth and labour
• outlining inventions and developments in the Islamic world (for example the astrolabe, public hospitals and libraries and their subsequent adoption in the Western world)
• recognising that the medieval manuscripts of monastic scribes contributed to the survival of many ancient Greek and Roman literary texts
• examining the religious nature of illuminated manuscripts and how they were the product of a complex and frequently costly process
• listening to the Gregorian chants of Western Christianity and exploring how they reflect the nature and power of the Church in this period