After you've read each chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Discuss the causes and effects of the politicization of the church;
2. Assess how the Great Schism changed the church and the papacy;
3. Analyze the causes behind urban and agrarian revolts and unrest;
4. Assess the socioeconomic impact of the Black Death;
5. Explain elements affecting the spread of royal authority in late medieval states;
6. Compare and contrast the political makeup of Europe in 1500 with that of 1300.