Early Middle Ages

In the article “Did the Early Middle Ages Really Exist?” by Dr. Hans-Ulrich Niemitz, Niemitz elaborates on his own theory regarding the validity of the recorded timeline, events and people of the middle ages. I disagree with Niemitz claim that a portion of the middle ages was fabricated. Niemitz claims that the rulers in Europe would want to seem more auspicious and powerful and therefore would also most likely be politically motivated to maintain their power by changing the calendar and…

The Middle Ages are a misunderstood period of history in which the popular view is that they were a dark and gloomy time with little or no progress. In fact, the Medieval Times were much brighter times than what is commonly believed. Many accomplishments made during these times attributed to the progression of history. Religion was vitally important to the people of the middle ages and brought them together as a society. Beauty can be found in the architecture, music, and literature from this…

Throughout the Early Middle Ages, Knights were among some of the most respected people in all of Europe. Their willingness to fight for their king and be a loyal vassal made them a valuable asset to the king’s army. One of the values that knights prided themselves on was that of honor. The importance of honor in a knight’s everyday life is prevalently displayed in the poem The Song of Roland, a story about Charlemagne’s army during the Battle of Roncesvalles. Throughout the story, Count Roland…

empires may fade, spiritual ones remain behind. They stick in our minds and move through the ages, partially forgotten, and touch our everyday actions and choices, as well as our changing cultures and ideologies. They bind us to our past and remind us of how different we are, creating boundaries where there previously had been none. Their importance easily and often overlooked. However, even in our modern age ancient empires touch us, reaching out from every facet of our lives. The portion of a…

The peasant life which was the majority of the population was all based off as starting to live in the poor life, going into the poor life, or either coming out of it. Also the majority of stories always relied on some sort of supernatural force that usually aid within their time of need. However, when none of that is happening the peasants have to face to be in an area that usually consist hunger, diseases, and homelessness. The only way they were able to survive was based on method that…

The Middle Ages, constituted by the Early, High and Late periods, took place from approximately 500 CE to 1450 CE in Europe. The Middle Ages, also known as the medieval period, was characterized by a breakdown of overarching centralized government and the development of regional kingdoms and monarchies. However, in the transition from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Middle Ages, save for notable exceptions, feudalism dominated the political landscape of Western Europe until the Late Middle…

The Crusades sparked a time of change throughout Europe, and brought light to the Dark Ages. During this time period, violence replaced rational thought which, along with the feudal system, sent Europe into a period of pure chaos. Through feudalistic manors, trade in Europe came to an abrupt stop and almost all people had their life dictated by the person above them in the feudal system. Living in a constant state of fear, many people left their manors to fight for Christianity and the taking…

Around 476 AD, the Roman empire witnessed its own decline and fall. The Germanic tribes near the area each took a shot at the extensive kingdom and eventually, the Roman empire was weakened and finished off. Although the empire was gone, aspects of it were scattered throughout Europe. From around 481 to 511 AD, a Germanic leader by the name of Clovis began to unite a group of Germanic people, the Franks, under one empire and saw an opportunity to grow and flourish (Doc A). The Franks, and its…

In Europe the way of passing down knowledge was through apprenticeship. From the middle-ages where they passed down blacksmith and butchery. To now where they do culinary apprenticeships. Jacques Pepin was one of the best to have emerge from this styles of learning. From starting right front the age of 13 with just learning how to work a wood stove to coming to America by himself and changing the entire cooking game. However in the other side only 30 some years later in America was a young boy…

opinion it would be a very interesting topic to discuss. To make my research question I needed to narrow it down to specific region of the world. With my instructor's help I came up with ''In what ways did the Vikings influence Europe during the Early Middle Ages in trade and exploration.'' To me this is a very interesting topic, which I believe could be very deep because I will need to find more details about Vikings' influence on Europe through trade and exploration. Not many countries were…