Exam Update 4#

It seems that these exams are becoming more and more a Russian Roulette. When I opened up my exam paper today, I was close to laughing out loud - and I was not amused! I have studied really hard over the last 6 months and in the end I had to choose a question I would never have dreamt of, but I had no other choice.

I can only remember the first 4 questions, because they were from the period I had prepared for:

1. Chlodwig I.
2. The "karolingian" Renaissance
3. The imperial politics towards Poland, Bohemia, Hungary and Denmark from Otto I. till the beginning of the Investiture Conflict
4. The impact of the crusades-movement

So I had to consider which question to answer:
- Question 1: max. half a page
- Question 2: 2 pages?
- Question 3: okay, I know enough but this question means suicide - 6 KINGS to consider!!!
- Question 4: maybe a few pages, but I don't know any of the theories behind the movement, I am not too keen on theological discussions

In the end I had to answer question 3, which I did not like much, but as I had no choice... It definitely WAS suicide. I wrote 24 pages and I am sure I "invented" a few things and mixed up names and dates and forgot some things - no wonder when one has to go through 5 kingships (not to mention that this meant half of all I learnt) and all did "the same" and ...

Okay, I stop complaining now. What did I expect? We are of the opinion that the professor who submitted this questions tried to make it as complicated and complex as possible so that no one answers it - sorry mate, we had no choice :-)

So, let's see what we can do on Friday and then, at least the written exams are done!