You are answering this: The letters of Gregory VII and Henry IV have a strong public character to them. How do they work as propaganda? How do they try to rally others to their side during the Investiture Controversy? What do their letters say about the strengths and weaknesses of each side? You will probably have scope to discuss only one or, at most, two of the letters (not all of them) since you need to discuss their rhetorical strategies in detail.
Every time you borrow the facts, words or ideas of someone else, you must acknowledge your intellectual indebtedness in a note, precisely specifying where the information comes from so your reader can trace your indebtedness and discern what material is yours from what is not. For instance, the first time you mention an individual, a work or an event, give the date for it and give a brief parenthetical note crediting the source of that date. If you quote or even paraphrase something that happens in a work, give a reference for it. You are in a much better position than your reader to track your indebtedness and help your reader find the material you are discussing. Your essay should be 750 words long (give the word-count on the first page), double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
