Late Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages was a period which lasted from about 1300-1500 (14th – 15th century), the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. The late Middle Ages is reflected mainly in Europe. They were often called as the Dark Ages, even though even they were not all bad. Late Middle Ages brought the first crisis of European feudal society. The late Middle Ages had been a time of climate change, famine, war and poverty, In terms of the cooler climate, although the further development of colonization and long-distance trade, but in many areas population got down and performance of the local economy declined. Towns people became the first component of humble people who in terms of feudalism walked to emancipation. This development …show more content…
During the late middle ages, life was either very good or awful, according to your class. In the Middle Ages, there was a definite structure in society. You were born into a class of people and generally stayed in that class for your entire life. Working hard or trying to get to a better structure in society did not change your status. Clothes, food, marriage and home were determined for people. First in the structure was king, then was the nobles, below them were the knights, then clergy and the last were the tradesmen and the peasants. This structure system in society was called feudalism. This system was a way to provide protection and security quickly. Nobles worn clothes made of silk or velvet and they worn bright colors. Women and men wore jewelry and they both worn fancy clothes because they could afford it. Nobles ate food prepared for servants. People could not choose who they want to marry, they were assigned to them by their parents. Nobles lives in castles and many Africans were rich enough to build stone castles and stone walls, and they were using money and fighting to create bigger empires and cities. Knights wore their armor with helmet and sword. There were bishops, priests, monks and nuns. The pope who had big influence over the king was the head of the church. Clergy had different ranks so their clothes were not same for every rank. Pesants were not free and they could not …show more content…
In Africa, children received traditional informal education on matters such as artistic performances, ceremonies, rituals, games, festivals, dancing, singing, and drawing. The increasing influence of Church in Europe became the guiding force to develop educational system in The Middle Ages. Monks, priests and bishops took the responsibility of teaching and the whole educational pattern became purely religious. In the late Middle Ages only few people could read or write. During this period was extremely rare for peasants and serfs to be literate. Some lords of the manor had laws banning serfs from being educated. Usually only the sons from rich families that went to school. There were three main types of schools: the elementary song-school, the monastic school and the grammar school. The elementary song-school was usually part of a church in a town. Boys were taught to sing Latin songs at this type of school. Sometimes, they had educated priest and he might learn boys how to write and read. Monastic schools were for boys being trained for the church. Monks learnt boys and all lessons were concerned with religious education. Sometimes they taught local boys from poor families but after that these boys worked as servants in the monastery. Grammar schools were frequently part of a cathedral or large church. The main interest of these schools was to teach boys Latin grammar, logic,philosophy, astrology, music