High Middle Ages

Was Catholicism responsible for the Dark Ages? In history class we have read about the great ancient empires that came before us, such as the Greeks, the Romans, and the Egyptians. During our studies we also learned about , the time in between the 6th and 14th century this period has come to be known as the “Dark Ages”. Many historians believe that the term Dark Ages might not be very accurate and that the reasons behind the origins of the Dark Ages, aren’t well understood. Most were taught…

stirrup ring. Named for its distinctive shape, which resembles a horseback stirrup, this style was originally worn only by bishops. Although stirrup rings became more widely worn in the Middle Ages, they retained their historical context and a restrained simplicity in contrast to the elaborate settings in vogue by the high Renaissance. Consequently, the stirrup ring’s use in portraiture in this era reflects piety and modesty more so than wealth—if an artist wished to display wealth or status…

Much of Europe during the middle ages was divided amongst lords. In order for them to defend the land and its people the lords would first have to defend themselves. To do this they built large homes called castles. The castle made defending the lands easier. Also it made it harder for enemies to attack because of the large walls. Castles were built on tall hills or in the center of the land to see the invaders attack and to govern the land. Originally, they were built with mud and wood. Which…

everyday, and the pretty castles. In Europe during the Medieval times religion ruled everything which is exciting because the church decided what the country did. According to Medival life time and info.com '"The lives of the Medieval people of the Middle Ages was dominated by the church. " People went to church everyday and prayed multiple times throughout the day which was normal to them .The people beleived that when bad things happened to them it was because they sinned another reason i…

portrayed as heroes of their kingdoms. Beowulf is shown as more boastful because his story is told during the early middle ages when men would speak very highly of themselves, while Sir Gawain is seen as modest and chivalric due to his story being set in the high middle ages. The two stories are very closely related because they share some of the key values of being a hero in the middle ages. “In addition to strength, courage and honor,…

Order of the Knights Templar The middle ages led to fighting over religion and land. One major conquest was the Crusades. The Crusades was a religious war between the turks and the catholic Knights Templar. Who were the Knights Templar? What did they fight for? What happened in the end to them? The Order of the Knights Templar was a religious knighthood. They started out as a military order called the Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. It later became the Order of the…

craftsmen were under strong control of the state. It gave certain advantages: craftsmen had the guaranteed orders from army, the tsar's yard and grandees, but they weren't protected from an arbitrariness of the authorities. The state imposed on them high taxes, and officials unfairly exercised supervision. In the cities, the centers of craft and trade, in the conditions of the strong centralized power there were no powerful municipal movements, which in Western Europe came to the end with…

As the Middle Ages came to a conclusion and the movements towards individualism and humanism began to emerge with the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, philosophy and secular thought gradually took the place of theology as central to European life. While Christianity remained influential throughout the Renaissance, it is clear in thoughts concerning the role of education, political theory, human potential, and temporal matters that there was a tangible shift from theocentrism to a reliance on…

A sound is the oscillation of pressure in materials such as the atmosphere, water, or the earth. In spite of the fact that the domain for the pressure oscillations of sound is rather small, there is a significant difference in pressure between the weakest sound heard by a human being (such as the sound of the rustling of leaves), and the strongest sound heard by them (such as the launching of a missile, or an explosion). The size of such difference is measured by the range of the oscillations…

Religion has always been a part of our identity. Today, we wonder around the world seeing these wonderful churches and religious buildings all around us. The architectural style of the Middle Ages was very prominent: high stone vaults, internal elevations of multiple stories, rounded arches and thick walls. This was characterized as Romanesque architecture. One day, a man named Suger changed everything. He reworked these ideas introduced to the world the now known Gothic architecture. Gothic…