High Middle Ages

In the 14th and early 15th century, rulers in Europe were undertaking the task of re-establishing the power of the monarch after its age of weakness in the Middle Ages. The age that led up to the Renaissance was a constant struggle for the monarchs. They depended on councils of nobles and the church for financial and military support, while the nobility and church were constantly searching for more power. This contained the monarch’s ability to accomplish goals for their nation without the…

Drama! Drama! Drama! We have all experienced it. We have all seen it. we've all heard about it. did you know that it has been around since the Middle Ages? In the Middle Ages drama was developed by the ruling and wealthy class to keep the poor peasants in line. Many plays were developed performed and produced by the church. at the time, the church was a major political and moral center. Medieval theatre refers to the period of theatrical performance between the fall of the Western Roman Empire…

Previous studies have delved into the characteristics of social relationships at different points across the life span. Some research has focused on young adulthood (Lansford, Yu, Pettit, Bates, & Dodge, 2014) while others focused on middle-aged adults (Carmichael, Reis, & Duberstein, 2015), while others focused on older adults (Wrosch, Rueggeberg, & Hoppmann, 2013). The different studies that will be reviewed use socio-emotional selectivity theory (Carstenen, 1995) as a framework for examining…

united Europe (“Middle Ages”). All across the continent and for many centuries to come, millions of shattered people had to fend for themselves against Vikings from the north, hordes from the east, Muslims from the south, and barbarians from within. Life was feudal, build a castle and defend it, do not let anyone in, even if they claim to be “traders”, and most of all, devote oneself to God, go on a pilgrimage, and take back the Holy Land from those heathens in the Middle East (“Middle Ages”).…

During the three major stylistic periods of Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo, science has replaced the spiritual. Before these periods, religious themes dominated the paintings in the Middle Ages. Previously, the church was holding a monopoly on art with its unspoken license for all subjects religious because the church was focusing on influencing the faithful through its vision of what the art should be. As patrons changed and with them came the new scenes, trends, and objectives of the art.…

of society in the middle ages, and their purpose was to labour (usually on the manor or farm), and to aid the nobles with little pension. Their diet reflected such. Since peasants had to work tireless hours of the day, they had to consume a lot of calories (around 5000 a day) compared to the modern man or women today (around 2000 calories). Peasants also ate a grain and wheat based diet since they were cheap and filling. Their meals contained a lot of cheap bread and rye, high fat bacon, farm…

In the early middle ages, a network of mutual obligations was the glue of the society. Powerful local lords divided their landholding among lesser lords. These lesser lords, or vassals, pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord. This system was implemented due to the Vikings, Muslims and Magyars. The powerful lords were the most powerful and influential in society, they were also called dukes and counts. The powerful lords had vassals, vassals can become other people’s vassals. Peasants…

Muslims had a culture that was a mix of Greek, Roman, Indian, and Persian traditions. The Islamic civilization was very advanced for its time. Muslims made advances in medicine and trade. These new ideas were very influential to other areas, especially Europe. Muslim society was very medically advanced, and had a large trading network connecting to most of the known world. According to Document 3, Muslims had many medical reference books, and scholars around the world came to translate them.…

The Middle Ages were filled with fear, death, strife, war, and famine. All who lived during the years 1300-1453 faced plague, war, and schism. However, not all of this time was bad. Education was more accessible for people. A strong feeling of nationalism struck the people of war-torn countries. Most importantly, the turmoil of the Dark Ages led to one of the greatest periods of discovery and creativity known to man: the Renaissance. The three events that characterized the Dark Ages—The Black…

In the period characterized as modern, Europe underwent a series of influential changes which shaped this era of history spanning from the Middle Ages to the start of the Industrial Revolution. Certain key events provoked changes in social, political and economic areas that affected every member of the European society. Scientific and technological advancements, such as printing, along with the discovery of the New World and other lands coupled with the economic expansion of Europe are three of…