The period referred as Middle Ages is remembered as times of knights and castles fighting for glory and honor as popular legends like King Arthur and Robin Hood describe. Despite what has been described in fairy tales, the Middle Ages were not glorious times. The Western Roman Empire vastly plummeted in the 400s and 500s. Seizing parts of Europe, ambitious barbarians tribes, which were uncivilized bloody savages, invaded the empire. They were rotten filthy, lived in tents, and ate their food raw. Their interest of art and learning was like my desire to write this paper. Horrendously, they set up their small kingdoms. The love for Roman culture was lost. Law, art and learning were all destroyed. While some like to imagine this period as a fairy tale, it is rightfully known as the dark ages.
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During this time, Western Europe was divided into massive estates called manors. Few noblemen lived in castles, but the majority of the people were peasants known as serfs, who did not have proper housing, which consisted of huts with mud walls and no doors. Serfs diligently labored from sunup to sundown for the noblemen. Filling the streets with fetid garbage, people were ill and food was scarce. Unless one had other means, most people only lived up to the age of thirty because of harsh living conditions. Education and culture were not priority. Life during the middles ages was
During this time, Western Europe was divided into massive estates called manors. Few noblemen lived in castles, but the majority of the people were peasants known as serfs, who did not have proper housing, which consisted of huts with mud walls and no doors. Serfs diligently labored from sunup to sundown for the noblemen. Filling the streets with fetid garbage, people were ill and food was scarce. Unless one had other means, most people only lived up to the age of thirty because of harsh living conditions. Education and culture were not priority. Life during the middles ages was