| Title | Author | Created | Published | Tags | | ------- | ---------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | Outline | Jon Marien | October 25, 2025 | October 25, 2025 | [[#classes\|#classes]], [[#HIST11474\|#HIST11474]] | *** ## Primary Source Analysis #1: **Ramsey Abbey—Cyber/Discipline Angle** ### Video Format - **Length:** 4–5 minutes - **Submission:** YouTube Unlisted Link *** ### Part 1: **Location and Visual Analysis** (80%) 1. **Choose Visitation** - Use Thompson’s printed editions (PDFs you uploaded) to find the *Ramsey Abbey* visitation. Bookmark/note the English translation and any folio/page clues. 2. **Detective Work—Find in Manuscript** - Open the digitized manuscript PDF(s). - Use clues: names (Ramsey), headings, folio numbers. Try to visually match the printed record to the handwritten manuscript. - Take **screenshots** of your search—successes, failed attempts, findings. - Highlight any clearly matched lines or Latin words. - Notice visual stuff: big initials, rubrics (red writing), margins, repairs, notes. 3. **Show Your Process** - In your video, explain how you searched, what clues you followed, and what you found (or couldn’t find—failed searches are still part of the detective story). - Emphasize the challenge and what you learned decoding/manipulating the source. *** ### Part 2: **Interpretation and Context** (20%) 1. **Theme/Angle:** - Focus on how Ramsey Abbey handled **discipline, enforcement, and security** within the monastic community. - Explain: - How did rules get enforced (“role-based access control,” audits, attendance tracking)? - What problems or threats did they face (internal/external)? - How does this resemble modern cybersecurity or organizational discipline? - Use direct examples and quotes from the translated visitation record. 2. **Connect to Class/Context** - Relate what you’ve observed to the bigger picture of discipline, reform, or vulnerability in medieval monastic life. - Briefly reflect: What surprised you, what was tough to analyze, what does this reveal about authority or “security” in the past? *** ### Bonus Challenge (+5%) - Find Ramsey Abbey’s site on a **modern map or Street View** (now in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire). - Show what survives (Abbey Gatehouse, parish church). - Include a screenshot or short video in your presentation’s conclusion or credits. *** ### Video/Slide Requirements - Appear on camera at least once (intro, outro, or a quick clip). - Use as little text as possible (max ~20 words per slide). - Show evidence: screenshots, manuscript images, maps. - End with a brief bibliography/credit slide (cite PDFs, map, any images/music). *** ### Tips from the Assignment - Don’t use AI or scripts; speak naturally in your own words. - Sound like you—pauses and human stumbles are normal! - Slides are for evidence and images—not for blocks of text. - Focus most of your time on your detective process. - Reflect briefly: Why does this matter? What does it say about discipline/security versus today? ***