I think that's some pretty interesting stuff you're working on, but something I wouldn't want to get into myself - frankly, I think that medieval history is a mess
In the medieval part of my oral history exam for the finals (which didn't go over too well, although the medieval history examiner was the best of the bunch), I chose Frederick Barbarossa as my minor and mendicant orders as my major subject, and while it's not something I'd want to get into further, I think I can see its appeal, and I have the greatest respect for medievalists in general, not least because I think that it's almost impossible to even come close to having a broad overview of the period in general because so much is happening in so many places all the time, and it all seems interconnected, while at the same time the whole mentality is either so alien from a modern mindset, or at least from my own. I just find it hard to get a grasp on it.
Out of curiosity, why did you choose your subject in the first place?