This quiz is based on the journal article assigned for this week, Debra Blumenthal, Defending Their Masters Honour: Slaves as Violent Offenders in Fifteenth-Century Valencia. Choose ONE (1) of the following questions and answer it in a well-developed short essay (one or two paragraphs, between 250 and 350 words), for a total of five points. Make certain that your answer is written in your own words (no quotes or copied material allowed), and in full and complete sentences (no point form accepted). Answers will be evaluated on the basis of clear evidence of understanding of the course material, the depth of analysis, and the clarity of presentation.
1. What is Debra Blumenthal?s source base for her study, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of those sources for the study of crime and conflict in pre-modern Europe?
2. What is Debra Blumenthal?s thesis and how does she prove it?
3. What does Debra Blumenthal say about honour and dishonour in the conflicts she examined, and what did race, class, and gender have to do with it?