High Middle Ages

In the article “Did the Early Middle Ages Really Exist?” by Dr. Hans-Ulrich Niemitz, Niemitz elaborates on his own theory regarding the validity of the recorded timeline, events and people of the middle ages. I disagree with Niemitz claim that a portion of the middle ages was fabricated. Niemitz claims that the rulers in Europe would want to seem more auspicious and powerful and therefore would also most likely be politically motivated to maintain their power by changing the calendar and…

people hear the hear the words Middle Ages they usually think of knights in shining armor, nobles, kings and queens. But if you ask a historian they would say death, disease, poverty, unfairness, unsanitary, unexpected in the medical field. So something like the Black death could easily slaughter anyone who caught it. The Black Death didn't care what class they were if they caught it, it would mean certain death. The Black Death the worst epidemic of the Middle Ages the most mind boggling thing…

Most people view Medieval medicine as useless or ineffectual, but it was very useful, although the epidemic was a tragedy of it made us thrive for new medicine. Medicine could go from Anise,Licorice to stomping on a plucked dead, burning owl to treat someone in this time and nobody knows if any of it really helped. Diseases such as the “bloody flux”, “ holy fire”,gonorrhea,influenza,plague was going around at this time. Seeing this it opened their eyes and they saw they needed better ways to…

Norman F, Cantor is Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. Cantor sections his book to explain to his readers the effects of the plague that caused so much destruction. The Black Death was a pandemic that occurred in the 1300s and left civilizations destroyed from the massive amount of people it killed. Cantor explains that there will most likely always be a degree of uncertainty about the plague because of the limitations from the medical…

practicing their religions, as evidenced by the fires and the lining up of people. Another example of human activity are the boats in the river, which is a reference to another one of Cole's works, The Course of Empire: Consummation, representing the golden ages and the importance of navigation to empire. This human activity is in contrast to the Gothic church, where no one is to be seen and no boats are harbored. This can be seen as the shift from religion as a public, grandiose, and…

The Roman/Byzantine Empire implemented questionable economic policies to enter new markets and continue the monopolies they had. According to Procopius, one of Justinian’s main advisors, the Roman Empire smuggled in Silk Worms from China to be able to enter the Silk market to be able to lower the price for themselves. The Empire also enforced dress codes of who could dress in Silk and what color they could wear. They did this to separate the classes from one another. Justinian’s may have been a…

Hildegard was destined to become a great Catholic thinker from a young age because she was able to gain spiritual knowledge at an influential stage of her life. She was said to have her first visions at the age of three, but decided hide this unique gift until she could properly manifest the ability at a later age (Ramos-e-Silva 316). Later she became abbess at the very same convent where she spent most of her youth, and at the age of forty nine she left with some fellow nuns to establish a…

The Crusades were way more than just a zealous Christian colonization venture. The Crusades were a duty given by God. The Crusades allowed for massive trade revival therefore causing a rebirth in cities. Although the Crusades allowed for all this growth there had to some payment. The western Christians were viewed as total barbarians that killed and pillaged by the eastern Christians and the Jewish people. The Crusades were more than a zealous Christian colonization venture because it allowed…

Medieval society took place during the 1400s to the 1500s. Geoffrey Chaucer was a very famous enough poet at the time. He was labeled the father of English literature. King Edward had awarded him a gallon of wine for the rest of his life for a task he completed. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to use English in a major literary work. He wrote The Canterbury Tales. Medieval society was different then how it is now, everything has changed. The Medieval church was a huge factor during this…

had an impact on the social structure. If it had not occurred, the peasants would not have fought for a fairer governing system. The major political changes after the Black Death and the social unrest of the peasants resulted in the end of the Middle Ages, which marked the end of Feudalism as well. The constant uprisings led to King Richard taking steps to abolish serfdom and prejudicial treatment against the peasants. Thus, the social structure of Medieval Europe was changed due to a deadly…