Early Middle Ages

with many others, believed that “they were bringing a whole new culture to new birth” and that the accomplishments of their “generation marked an epoch in intellectual history”. The early humanists longed for the revival of the classical world. They wanted to distance themselves, and society, from the Middle Ages; an age of darkness, plague and regression. The humanists wished to return mankind to the culturally rich state it once was through the rebirth of classic literature, art and beliefs.…

leans on for many reasons. Early Christianity and Islamic Culture are both traditions, which were improved upon. They both looked to a higher God. That is the first thing I knew about Islam and Christianity, when discussed. Their religion was the foundation of their entire culture. Their Gods did contrast considering the Islamic god was Allah, and the Christian’s God was the holy spirit, but they both built their foundation on a higher being. In the medieval ages the culture was roman…

Thrones, through its depiction of the Middle ages, has successfully brought to the masses a compelling story grounded in real medieval analogs. To say that no artistic liberties were taken by the author would be ignorant. The story is in itself a work of fiction, though that does not disqualify it from encouraging interest in the Middle Ages. Much criticism and discussion has been brought up against the show for its supposed inaccurate portrayal of the Middle Ages, and its exploitative use of…

Education has changed a considerable amount since the Middle Ages. Today, most people in America have the opportunity to get a high school education. During the Middle Ages, women and peasants rarely had the chance to go to school. The education system during the Middle Ages may have excluded many people, such as peasants and women, but those that did have the opportunity to learn had many different types of schools to choose from. Children of peasants and girls rarely had the opportunity to…

During the Middle Ages, society was corrupt, millions died from disease and Christians were slowly destroying Europe. It was the time period after the fall of Rome (500 AD) that lasted about one thousand years. During the Middle Ages, 30-60% of Europe’s population was wiped out by a sickness commonly referred to as the Black Death. Also, brutal religious wars known as the Crusades were occurring between Muslims and Christians to see who could gain control over the Holy Land, Jerusalem. The…

continuities and changes impacted Western Europe immensely after the fall of Rome, which inspired great change throughout the region, a negative impact known as the Dark Ages. Following the Crusades, the main result was the restoration of commerce, including the economic alteration of decline of feudal manoralism, prevalent in the early medieval era and the rising urbanization offering plebeians greater social flexibility and created innovation. While economic transformations occurred throughout…

During the Middle Ages, churches had most of the power in society and it established the social classes of society. The three social classes were the noble class (high class), the clergy (middle class), and the labors (lower class). The churches influenced almost everything, the church took care of education, prayers and masses, taking care of people sick or poor. As years passed by reformations were taking place and changes to government, religion, and society were changing which would lead…

Illuminated manuscripts were a luxury item in the middle ages and mostly monks and priests used them. In the 12th century, they would used them in their religious buildings and was considered a luxury item that wealthy people could obtain. To create a manuscript was also very time consuming. People who created illuminated manuscripts were called illuminators. During the Middle Ages, illuminators liked to stay anonymous, but that changed during the late Middle Ages. To sign their work, they would…

Western civilization experienced many developments to education and intellectualism in-between the time of the fall of Rome and the renaissance. At first, education was based mainly on religion and taught in religious buildings during the middle ages, but as time rolled on colleges and universities arose. Intellectualism was comprised mainly of three factions humanism, secularism, and individualism, and were taught mostly by influential people and their writings. The development of institutions…

Music can be traced all the way back to 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with sounds and discovered tones can be formed from plucking strings. During the Middle Ages is when music began to be considered a gift from God. A common way to praise and worship our God was through music; this is how sacred music came about. Soon later, sacred music eventually was overcome by secular music, which is more along the lines of crusades, dancing, and love songs and less of the more religious and…