Engineer Castle Welcome to the Corp of Engineers, please pin the castle to our newly deserve Engineer Soldiers. Most folks that see the Branch Insignia don’t know what the castle means or where its heritage comes from. After hours of research I have learned more than I would have ever imagined, I’m going to cover the meaning, the history and the honor of getting to wear the castle upon my collar. Throughout my reading, I found out that the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) adopted the triple-turreted castle for the engineers due to its meaning of fortification, building, and breaching. Use of this castle was first implemented at the Military Academy in the 1840’s for Cadets to wear on their uniforms due to at that time the Academy was ran by the Engineer Corp. In the 1920’s the design of the castle was changed for both enlisted and officer’s, the castles color for both is now set to be gold in color.…
Religion has always been a part of our identity. Today, we wonder around the world seeing these wonderful churches and religious buildings all around us. The architectural style of the Middle Ages was very prominent: high stone vaults, internal elevations of multiple stories, rounded arches and thick walls. This was characterized as Romanesque architecture. One day, a man named Suger changed everything.…
Being made of entirely of stone, this captured the castle experience of early Gothic architecture. Paulding’s mansion was embellished with high-pitched roofs that rose and fell at a perfect imbalance. On the west side a massive stained glass window made the…
This was not the case in the Middle Ages, as structures became extremely elaborate and ground-breaking in the field of architecture. Document 4 describes a luxurious home with high ceilings, endless amenities, and beautiful finishes. Document 6 shows an example of such beautiful architecture and design in the famous Abbey of Notre Dame. Even the hospital in document 13 is architecturally creative and awe-inspiring. The innovation that made design in this time period so famous is Gothic architecture.…
Rome was alluded to as the “mother of the world” because it was a center of civilization, erudition and administration, but the Western Roman Empire fell because of many reasons, such as poor administration in the 2nd and 3rd century, disease, foreign protectors, reduced Roman population and foreign invasion. After it fell in 410 A.D., the empire went into a time period known as the Dark Ages, where there were many downshifts in society. Some examples of the downshift in society’s progress during the Dark Ages are education, trade and medicine. However, Christianity was a unifying force during these dark times.…
Medieval inventions, armor, and weapons made medieval life so much easier and more productive. Medieval weapons included a lot of items one included was the battle axe and it was used to chop and cut enemies and other items. Medieval armor were very inconvenient in the matter of weight and mobility, some armor weighed from 66 all the way up to 110 pounds.…
Towards the end of the Middle Ages in around 1100, a period of castle-building and sieges emerged in Medieval Europe. This formed a new type of warfare called Siege Warfare. This way of fighting featured gigantic, heavily-defended castles and armies of men with multiple weapons in an attempt to siege a castle. A castle is a large, medieval fortress that housed lords, a King and Queen, Knights and other groups of people. Thousands of castles were built in places throughout Europe, such as Italy, Germany and England.…
Bodiam is located near Robertsbridge, by the river Rother in East Sussex. Its construction began in 1385 and was funded and owned by Sir Edward Dallingridge. Bodiam is said to be the most spectacular private castle of the decade. Bodiam is the kind of castle that most people imagine when they think what a medieval castle is supposed to look like, with its large stone walls and towers surrounded by moat looking very dramatic and highly defensive. Bodiam to this day remains very intact and is one of the most visually striking medieval England castles.…
Crusading was dangerous and did kill hundreds, but the ones that came back had better knowledge of constructing buildings and machines. Cathedrals were made with stronger walls, which meant that they could have arches. They had beautiful stained-glass windows and metal bells. Castles were made of stone and were fairly comfortable. They had plumbing, not as new as humans have today, but there were pipes…
Imagine an age of soldiers in armor riding into battle on horseback to fight for freedoms from extreme monarchies. Envision towns with roads made of stone and buildings and homes made of mud and clay with thatched roofs-- towns filled with an abundance of people making their way around to shop at the markets or traveling to distant lands to learn new languages and arts. Picture kings and queens living in castles larger than life, dressed in elaborate outfits crafted of the finest silks and materials, adorned with the most beautiful gold and jewels that the world can offer. When I think of the term medieval, I visualize the preceding images and I think back to a time when the people of the world, mostly Europeans, were just beginning to discover themselves and diversify their ways…
Consequently, the use of the term “Dark Ages” when referring to what is actually the time period of the “Middle Ages”, is greatly responsible for much misunderstanding of this period. In fact, some…
Much of Europe during the middle ages was divided amongst lords. In order for them to defend the land and its people the lords would first have to defend themselves. To do this they built large homes called castles. The castle made defending the lands easier. Also it made it harder for enemies to attack because of the large walls.…
Castes were a very important structure in the middle ages. Ues in the early middle ages as a place to shelter all thoses in the kingdom, during times of war. Originally used for a defensive structure and not for material purposes like beauty. Over time this had changed. Most early castles were made of wood, and were less luxurious as castles to come.…
The tower of London is an 900-year old castle in central London, the castle is housing the crown jewels and many famous and not famous prisoners. The castle is now one of the most popular attractions in London. William the Conqueror created the first fortifications after the conquest of London. The building probably started in 1078.…
In the Medieval Age, legends were passed through generations about a utopian society filled with hope, happiness, and joy, like the legend of Camelot. The future was looked at with optimism, however in today’s world this optimism for the future no longer exists. In today’s society there are plenty of television shows, and modern literature which depict the future as a dreary place. In general, this is a future where humans don’t have free will, or the Earth has been destroyed.…