Research Topics
Western Civilization 101

1.  aqueducts of early civilizations
2.  astrology and astronomy in early civilizations
3.  Bayeux Tapestry
4.  British/ their origins and cultural heritage wrought by invading peoples
5.  childbirth in early civilizations
6.  childbirth in the Middle Ages
7.  chivalry in the Middle Ages (knights’ code of behavior)
8.  Christian martyrs and the Roman Empire
9.  Christopher Columbus’s legacy debates 
10. comparative- analysis of peasantry and aristocratic health and diet in the Middle Ages
11.  comparative-analysis of Hammurabi’s Code and the Ten Commandments
12.  courtly love in the Middle Ages
13.  criminal justice in Egypt
14.  criminal justice in Greece
15.  criminal justice in Rome
16.  criminal justice in the Middle Ages
17.  Crusades and the Christian-Muslim conflict
18.  Domesday Book
19.  fairs in the Middle Ages
20.  female monasticism in the Middle Ages (nuns)
21.  feudal societies
22.  Great Silk Road and caravans
23.  Greek and Roman weaponry
24.  Hannibal and Rome
25.  Henry VIII and England’s break from Catholicism
26.  homosexuality among Greeks and/or Romans
27.  Joan of Arc – Satan’s disciple or Catholic’s saint?
28.  King James and the Bible
29.  Knights Templar
30.  Little Ice Age and the Great Famine
31.  male monasticism in the Middle Ages (monks)
32.  Martin Luther and other radicals of the Reformation
33.  Martin Luther on marriage and the role of women
34.  Mary, Queen of Scots (Bloody Mary)/religion, imprisonment, plot to kill Elizabeth
35.  Medici family, art and religion
36.  medicine and magic in early civilizations
37.  medicine, religion, magic, and the Black Death
38.  mystery religions in Hellenistic Greece
39.  Normal Conquest of England
40.  origins of psychiatry
41.  Puritans in Europe
42.  sex and sexuality in the Middle Ages
43.  Vikings as seafarers and conquerors
44.  Vikings in England
45.  Vikings in Russia
46.  Who was Pontius Pilate?
47.  witches in Europe