Write a 1000 word essay (the heading and Works Cited do not count toward the 1000 word count) that analyzes one text (a “text” is an image, reading, photo, or print ad) from anywhere. Select one image OR one reading OR one photo OR one print ad, and analyze it in detail. Focus your attention on the most important parts, examine them, connect them to the whole, and use that to increase your reader’s understanding and perspective of the text. You should provide context and background for your text and may discuss other texts that are related to the text you select, but the primary focus of your essay must be one text.
Medieval Europe began as small percolations, tribal groups briefly rising to fill the vacuum of power left after the fall of the Roman Empire. The
Medieval Europe began as small percolations, tribal groups briefly rising to fill the vacuum of power left after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Christian religion, imported from Rome, emerged as a unifying force. Christian scriptoria became the center of European learning. Cathedral-building programs and, later, pilgrimage routes bolstered