Title: “Exploring Middle Age Cathedral Architecture through Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People”

Instructions
Please select a Primary Source an example would be Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. THE PRIMARY SOURCE MUST BE RELATED TO MIDDLE AGE ARCHITECTURE IN CATHEDRALS!
You are to create a PowerPoint presentation on your selected source addressing the following questions. Be sure to include images of the source from multiple places if available.
Who wrote the source? When was the source written? What type of document is it? What is the main storyline?
Who is the intended audience? (One of the most important questions). Why was it written? What assumptions can be made about source and author?
Can I believe this document? What can I learn about society/people who created document? How does source relate to its historical context?
Why you think the writer chose to express him or herself in this way?
What do you think is the lasting importance of this document? Why is it important in the big picture that is Medieval History?
Where is the oldest extant copy of the source? Why is it located there?
The presentation must be a minimum of 7 slides not including the title slide and bibliographic slide. The presentation needs at least 3 images included and all information must appear on the slide, not in the notes section. The notes section can be used for citations only.
If you need access to PowerPoint, you can download Office for free by accessing your university email address.
You should have a minimum of 3 sources in this assignment.
Please save the presentation as lastnameassignment1.ppt or pptx

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