German nobility

In the dining halls of noble houses, servants came out of the kitchens with steaming platters revealing roasted chicken, vegetable stew, and freshly-caught fish baked in a cream sauce. Such were the meals of the Renaissance, the beginning of a new age of creativity and culinary innovation. From these Renaissance innovations came practices that inspired modern cooking traditions throughout Europe and North America. The English hunted animals for food, like the rest of the world. English farmers…

When we think of “Medieval England” we think about guys in armor suits, royalty ruling cruelly over their land and servants, and among other things, farms. However, medieval England- and medieval europe for that matter -isn’t that far from our own society today. We actually inherit many of the things that were created in the medieval times, such as the basic structure of land tenure that we now see as renting. Society in the Middle Ages may appear to be much different than ours today, but in…

Social status and Rank played pivotal roles in the lives of people during the time period of Medieval England, it was very important. Only certain people were allowed to do certain things. The movie “A Knight’s Tale”, portrayed some of the privileges and things people could and could not do. William Thatcher (the main character) was not allowed to become a knight, The female blacksmith was treated differently than others, and Prince Edwards had a lot of power. If you were not of a certain social…

Social rank and status have many effects in Medieval life. The rank you are born into will basically lay out your whole life. It will decide what you do for a living, how much income you will make, and the kinds of people you talk to. Your rank gives you a job, and a social class, meaning that your rank is very important to not only your life, but also your family's life and this is represented in a few different ways throughout The Knight’s Tale. William in the Knight’s Tale is born into a…

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, noble is defined as possessing, characterized by, or arising from superiority of mind or character or of ideals or morals. Basically, the one who is less of a criminal than the others. In order to examine nobility in a character, they must be the lesser of the crooks than society. In Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Brigid O’Shaughnessy, Casper Gutman, Joel Cairo and Sam Spade virtually have no morals but rather the pursuit of money. Brigid,…

In today’s society, teenage girls dream of their “knight in shining armor.” Contrary to popular belief, this idea does not come from the true historical version of a knight, but rather from the romanticized version created and popularized by Chrétien de Troyes. Nonetheless, the knight, although not chivalrous in the commonly assumed way, played a fundamental role in the making of Europe through conquest and expansion as detailed in Robert Bartlett’s, The Making of Europe. Firstly, it is…

Most commonly, people of a higher class, such as nobility, merchants and clergy wore luxurious, silk tunics and bright dyes, conveying that the quality of a person’s clothing reflected the wealth of the wearer. For example, the upper class wore good quality clothing, which associated them with wealth. Even…

The Odyssey and Hecuba In the Odyssey, when Odysseus takes revenge on the suitors it is expected and revered as honorable and just. However, in Euripides’s Hecuba, her revenge is portrayed as savage and dishonorable. Both characters achieve their revenge through plotting murder, but where the former sees the restoration of his oikos and the salvation of his reputation, the latter relinquishes the remnants of her reputation and is doomed to a worse fate than she was already suffering as a slave.…

Anglo-Saxon Social Classes and the Norman Conquest Feudal System Social classes have changed drastically over the years. These classes had many changes from the 6th century to 12th-century Europe. In England, the 6th and 12th century were both in the Middle Ages. During the 6th century, England was ruled by many kings, but the social classes stayed the same. Then there were major changes in the 12th century after the Norman Conquest. These classes were a part of the Anglo-Saxon social system.…

peaces when he is dead after that man has suffered in his life. In the play, Oedipus shows the characteristics of Aristotle’s definition of a tragic figure making the audience feel pity for Oedipus. The King of Thebes, Oedipus, is known for his nobility by the people of Thebes and for showing his compassion to the people. The Thebans prove to noble Oedipus that he can save them when the priest tells Oedipus “You came to us once and liberated out city, you freed us from the tribute which we paid…