What Can I Use to Help Me Prepare for A-Level?

The Origins of Conflict and the The Foundation of New Year 12 units First Crusade, 1071-1099 States and the Second Crusade, 1099-1149

 Christianity in western Europe  Establishing the states of c1071; the role of the Church in the Outremer: Kings Baldwin I, II and late 11th century; the rising Queen Melisende; expansion and influence of the Papacy conquest; trade and pilgrimage  Islam c1071: Muslim expansion and  The foundation of the military the rise of the Seljuk Turks orders: Templars and Hospitallers;  The Byzantine Empire c1071: the their military, religious and internal problems of the Byzantine economic roles Main topics Empire; the impact of defeat in the  Relations of the Crusader states (Basic overview – Battle of Manzikert with the Byzantine Empire, the the Year 12 course is  Urban II: the reasons for the calling Latin West, the Muslim Near East in more depth) of the First Crusade; responding to and indigenous peoples the call for help from the Byzantine  The Islamic response to the Empire; the political and religious Crusader states: Islamic politics motives of the Papacy and the rise of ideas of jihad under  The motives of the crusaders; Zengi Raymond of Toulouse and the  The preaching of the Second Frankish knights; popular Crusade; its course and outcome movements  The impact of the Second Crusade  The course and impact of the First on the Muslim Near East, the Crusade and its’ effects on the Byzantine Empire, the Latin West Muslim Near East, the Byzantine and Outremer by 1149 Empire and the Latin West by 1099 What can I use to help me prepare for A-level?

 The Crusades AQA textbook (available on Amazon)  AQA website http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041- 7042 – if you want to find out more about what you’ll be studying and how you will be assessed.

Useful Reading (All books should be available through the local library or library ordering service)

Overview of The Crusades

 T Asbridge, The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land, Simon and Schuster Ltd, 2012

 A Konstam, The Historical Atlas of the Crusades, Thalamus Publishing, 2002

 T Madden, A Concise History of the Crusades, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999

The First Crusade

 T Asbridge, The First Crusade: A New History, Free Press, 2005

 J Phillips, The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom, Yale University Press, 2007

Independent Study Task In History, having an overview or the bigger picture is vital to understanding how the events all fit together. It will make analysing the causes, consequences and interpretations of these events much clearer. We would like you to make a giant timeline of the key events of the First Crusade, including the origins and immediate aftermath. You do not need to go into exhaustive detail but having a chronological understanding of what happens when will really help give you a good foundation for your A Level studies in Year 12. You can present them in a way that works best for your understanding. You could use the internet as a starting point and could then look at some of the books on the reading list to develop your timelines.

The timelines should be handed in during your first A Level History lesson. Year 12 units Royal Authority and the Angevin Historical Investigation. Kings, 1154–1216  The Reign of Henry II, 1154–1189  To what extent was the Lancastrian  The Restoration of Royal Authority, nobility responsible for the Wars of 1154–1166. the Roses between 1377-1485.  The Crisis of Royal Authority, 1166–  Was there ever such a thing as the 1174. Wars of the Roses?  The Struggle for Royal Authority, 1174–  Was it neither a war nor a series of 1189. skirmishes?  Why did it begin and why did it continue?

Main topics (Basic overview – the Year 12 course is in more depth)

What can I use to help me prepare for A-level?

 Royal authority and the Angevin kings, 1154-1216 AQA textbook (available on Amazon)  AQA website http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041- 7042 – if you want to find out more about what you’ll be studying and how you will be assessed. Useful Reading (All books should be available through the local library or library ordering service)

Overview of The Angevin Period

 D Jones, The Plantagenets, Harper press, 2013

 A L Poole, From Domesday to Magna Carta 1087-1216, Oxford Press, 1987

 T Purser, Medieval England, 1042–1228, Heinemann Educational, 2004

The Wars of the Roses

 D Jones, The Wars of the Roses, Penguin books, 2015

 I Dawson, The Wars of the Roses, Hodder Education, 2012

 R Turvey, Access to History: Lancastrians, Yorkists and the Wars of the Roses, 1399–1509, 2015

Historical Fiction

 Conn Igguilden, The Wars of the Roses Trilogy (Stormbird, Trinity, Bloodline)

 Philippa Gregory, The White Queen, (also available on DVD)

 Shannon Penman, The Devils Brood (The Angevins)

 Elizabeth Chadwick, The Greatest Knight (story of William Marshall).

Independent Study Task One of the big barriers to understanding the medieval period is comprehending how society and the social structures differed so greatly to today. In order to gain a more depth understanding of the medieval world and to help with your initial lessons in medieval history there is some wider reading, which you need to have read and complete the relevant associated tasks on social hierarchy, the ecclesiastical structure and the judicial system in 12th Century England. In order to get the pre-read materials and the hand-outs, you need to email Mr L Gallagher requesting these before 9th August. The materials will not be available after this date. The email address to receive the materials is [email protected]

The pre-read material and associated tasks need to be completed and returned during your first A Level History lesson.