High Middle Ages

Imagine you are just turned seven years old and you just got shipped to a castle. At the castle you were trained to fight. If people wanted to be european knights, training would start at a young age. Imagine you are three years old and was given a sword. The sword would be used to practice fencing basics . This is what a Japanese samarai did. These situations are just one thing that these elite warriors had to do. The European knight and a Japanese samurai are both elite warriors that have…

Medieval Europe vs Feudal Japan Having extensively researched both Medieval Europe and Feudal Japan, I conclusively maintain a preference to live in Feudal Japan. This is due to Japan’s superior social, military and medical frameworks as opposed to Medieval Europe's underdeveloped and primitive society. It is because of Feudal Japan’s pragmatic and intuitive societal construct that makes it my undeniable choice of residence. Feudal Japan's healthcare and sanitation system was far more…

The Middle Ages were a time period in which many factors shifted, due to changing world powers and themes. The political and economic structures of many European nations were now starting to form, even if it was slowly. One of the most important factors when looking at Western Europe’s economic and political history is the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was very dominant and influential on world history. They shaped trade, economy, political structure, public health, and many other concepts and…

The black death. Wiping out nearly 50% of the population but also leaving the surviving townspeople with a much easier life. Doesn’t sound so bad does it? The plague, also known as the black death was a disease spread due to rats, fleas and infected people from not around bringing the awful disease to Europe by traveling overseas to deliver valuable goods. Unfortunately, valuable goods were not the only thing being transported to these two very unlucky continents. Fortunately, the outbreak of…

The 1600s were full of exciting times, innovative inventions and new leaps for mankind. Weapons are used in our daily lives, in the 1600s they had the, flintlock, bayonet and your typical rifle. These were a form of protection for many. Flintlock’s come in all shapes and sizes, like the pistol, musket, and the rifle, this gun has some minor setbacks. The gun had a lot of false fires and continuously needed to be cleaned so it wouldn’t cause harm. Bayonets were great for short distance military…

The Black Death left its mark on medieval society. The Black Death was the most devastating epidemic in world history. A third of the population died in Europe. Doctors during this period faced numerous challenges in dealing with the deadly disease. During the 14th Century, the lives of doctors were severely impacted. The doctors were significantly impacted during the Black Death. This essay will be focusing on the Black Death. How it impacted medieval society during the 13th and the 14th…

craftsman, high cost material like the best fibers and yarns, and organized workshops and guilds, began in Paris, and later became centered in Arras. By the turn of the century, Arras had become a major center of production, and by the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries it had become more popular than Paris. The city name even became synonymous with high quality tapestries, and until about the seventeenth century, ‘arras’ had become the new name for the high quality product around Europe. The…

Effects of Humanism on Religion in the Renaissance The Renaissance is a time in history that introduced a vast number of new ideas. People were slowly moving out of the dark ages and embracing new concepts of thought. Also, with the help of new inventions such as the printing press, it had become easier for people to learn how to read and write. This had created a foundation for many Renaissance thinkers to help spread different ideas easily throughout the world. One of the numerous movements…

other believers. Medieval Monasteries were built for the same purposes. They were built for the serious believers who would basically give up their old life for a new life filled with worship and pray. Monasteries became very common during the Middle Ages as more and more people began Christianity. A Monastery is a religious building used for worship and pray. It is very similar to a church like we have today. Medieval Monasteries were occupied by Monks, who would sleep and spend their lives…

Medieval scholars tended to work deductively. They would start from a little number of premises and continue by consistent conclusions from the premises, the way that you build a proof in geometry or variable based math. They were splendidly judicious and impeccably willing to question and test old thoughts, however they mentioned negligible utilization of objective fact in many fields. The Renaissance involved a different attitude about the world, one which focussed upon the human being…