Age of Discovery

money, or forgotten possessions, or even the illustrious “gourmet” box of home cooked meals, yum. But when we compare the aspects of universities in the Middle Ages up to the Renaissance in terms of college life, we find that the lives of students in our age were more or less alike and different. Although the universities of the Middle Ages were restricted to only a certain persons, the fact that the arrival of universities around the 12th and 13th Centuries was so monumental that these…

Renaissance. The time period set the perfect environment for a rebirth in learning and the acceptance/challenging of ancient authorities in the scientific field. This also led scholars to deny any progress in the past and deemed the middle ages as the Dark Ages Leonardo Da Vinci was a jack of all trades in the Renaissance and serves as a prime example of a rekindling in learning and understanding. Leonardo did not accept the authority of ancient scholars and places an emphasis on…

significant changes. Each century was defined by it’s own intellectual developments, varying from music and art, to politics and economics. From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, certain ideas and beliefs were sources of different conflicts and resolutions that impacted western culture forever. The 13th and 14th centuries, known as the Late Middle Ages, were a time of struggle. Politically, this time period was a mess. The hundred years war between England and France was arduous. The war…

The French Revolution: A Redefinition of the Form of Government and Politics. During the period of the years 1789-1799, French citizens lived a time of political and social changes unprecedented in history. The French Revolution proved to be a pivotal period in the history of the world where politics, government, and society in general evolved into a model of a democratic system, also serving as a fundamental base for human beings to recognize their rights and duties. Although many changes…

But he is discovered by explorers plundering an ancient treasure, and escapes just in the nick of time. The sequence ends as an adult claps a battered fedora down on Indiana's head, and then we flash forward to the era of World War II. The opening sequence of this third Indiana Jones movie is the only one that seems truly original - or perhaps I should say, it recycles images from 1940s pulps and serials that Spielberg has not borrowed before. The rest of the movie will not come as a surprise…

During the 15th century, Europe had long left behind the dark middle ages and embarked into a new era of scientific thought and ideas. The rise of universities along with technological advancements, such as the printing press, gave way to the Scientific Revolution. In which scholars would investigate better explanations and drive for precise observations about the universe. Amidst all the major breakthroughs during the Scientific Revolution, one theory in particular would redefine the way…

connotations in and of themselves. One example of this is the stirrup ring. Named for its distinctive shape, which resembles a horseback stirrup, this style was originally worn only by bishops. Although stirrup rings became more widely worn in the Middle Ages, they retained their historical context and a restrained simplicity in contrast to the elaborate settings in vogue by the high Renaissance. Consequently, the stirrup ring’s use in portraiture in this era reflects piety and modesty more so…

day, understanding that the world around us was more than just dirt and rock but that there was a divine infinite universe in front of us to explore and all you had to do was look up. While both of these men could be found laying the bricks for the age of enlightenment in the colonies and paving the way for a new country, free of British rule, they were also vastly different in individual temperament. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine alike observed the world through a scientific lens,…

architecture, and social and political change. Émile Zola made progressive moves in the second half of the nineteenth century in many ways. Zola was born in 1840, in Paris, he has spend most of his childhood in Aix-en-Provence. Zola lost his father at a young age, just like many of his characters that he would later write about in this novels. He was raised by his mother and his maternal grandparents. When Zola began writing and working in publishing, he became very interested in science, and…

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