Early Middle Ages

Courtly Love in The Canterbury Tales Courtly love can be described as a medieval conception of love that emphasizes nobility and chivalry. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales depicts some criteria necessary for true courtly love; however, not in a traditional sense. This allows us to compare it to today’s society, since courtly love still exists, but in a non-traditional way mainly through media instead of actual relationships. The media is perhaps one of the…

The use of ornaments in the Romanesque time can show so much about the religion at the time, showing some of the things followers of the church believed were possible and most likely the truth about some church mysteries or if you didn’t follow the church the things that might happen to you, like monster faces showing the unknown as something scary or something to get away from, thing that you would be so afraid of you wouldn’t want to surpass the law or even challenge it. Not only did they use…

Benedict of Nursia: The Monastic Movement Benedict of Nursia was an important monastic leader, who helped cultivate and develop the monastic movement with a sense of education and piety. St. Benedict was born in c.480 and died at Monte Cassino in the year 543. As he was growing up he wanted to live for his sole purpose in life to serve and attain to the desire of his holy purpose while serving God. Benedict fled to Rome to pursue his goal of serving God and understand the real meaning and life…

The Renaissance is a time of age in Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth century's between the Middle Ages and modern history. During the Middle Ages fine art came into history, which would be a benefit to us in a way to visually show us how things were then. Literature that brought intelligence and culture into a story that would be passed on and taught throughout the generations. Philosophers that brought their wisdom during this time of age, making a difference and a way to solve and…

The first artistic style to influence Europe from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, Romanesque Art thrived from roughly 1000 A.D. to the thirteenth century. Romanesque Art also encompasses influences from Byzantine art and the Insular art of Northern Europe. It retained many features of Roman architectural style. Some of most famous examples of Romanesque architecture include its famous cathedrals and churches. Romanesque architecture is known by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches,…

Jesus Gutierrez 10/10/15 Humn 240 Professor Brown Benedictine University Chap 24 summary There was a big transformation in Europe between 1500 and 1800. It went from being a sub region to becoming a powerful force. There were also a lot of changes that occurred internally and also these changes empowered the western nations of Europe to presume preeminence. This transformation occurred together and in many levels There was a religious transformation as well when Europe was transforming. The…

2. The word “Gothic” originally carried a negative connotation. However, the Gothic style was able to heavily influence Christianity, and the relationship between the two became one of great benefit to the Church. The Gothic had many new ideas in the field of architecture. One of these was rib vaulting. The ribs replaced the large stones of the Romanesque style, and caused the arch to be pushed to a greater height. This increased height encouraged the worshippers to look to the heavens, further…

Imagine you are just turned seven years old and you just got shipped to a castle. At the castle you were trained to fight. If people wanted to be european knights, training would start at a young age. Imagine you are three years old and was given a sword. The sword would be used to practice fencing basics . This is what a Japanese samarai did. These situations are just one thing that these elite warriors had to do. The European knight and a Japanese samurai are both elite warriors that have…

Medieval Europe vs Feudal Japan Having extensively researched both Medieval Europe and Feudal Japan, I conclusively maintain a preference to live in Feudal Japan. This is due to Japan’s superior social, military and medical frameworks as opposed to Medieval Europe's underdeveloped and primitive society. It is because of Feudal Japan’s pragmatic and intuitive societal construct that makes it my undeniable choice of residence. Feudal Japan's healthcare and sanitation system was far more…

The Middle Ages were a time period in which many factors shifted, due to changing world powers and themes. The political and economic structures of many European nations were now starting to form, even if it was slowly. One of the most important factors when looking at Western Europe’s economic and political history is the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was very dominant and influential on world history. They shaped trade, economy, political structure, public health, and many other concepts and…