Medieval Inquisition

Greek Weapons and Armor The Greek armor and weapons were when and where most modern weapons and armor originated from because the Greek were the ones that had created the most primitive method of crafting these weapons and armor. One of the most noticeable items that were brought over into modern times was the sword. The blade of the sword was straight, double-edged, and pointed. (Sword 1) The blade was formed by repeated firing and striking of the metal at red-hot temperatures. The heating of…

A gruesome catastrophe, called The Black Death, took place in England, wiped out nearly two-thirds of the population, and left behind a continuous fear amongst the people. This vile disease caused great mortality. Those that were affected by The Black Death struggled with rationalization. The three social pillars were forever changed once the Black Death entered England. The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, claimed countless lives. The plague began in 1348, and the last outbreak…

From the Medieval to the Industrial era, one can see the changes in what is considered to be a city and how these changes can affect people individually. During the industrial era, cities grew rapidly and became centres of population and production. The growth of modern industry from the late 18th century led to massive urbanization and the rise of new, great cities. It first began in Europe, and then…

Music is all around the world and people listen to music everyday. Music came from Ancient Greek and music was seen as a gift from God. Music began around 500 B.C. and it lasted for 1000-year period. It was the longest period of music and it was different because there was no centralized government. The Roman Catholic Church had financial gains. The monarchy, kingdoms, and the Roman Catholic Church had power. The main form of music during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian chant named after Pope…

Jennifer Liu Ms. Toerien IB English HL August 16, 2015 1) Write a summary of the main events of the play. Oepidus was aware that a curse was placed on Thebes. The city was blighted by disease and countless of citizens were dying. The curse would only be lifted when the murderer of the former king, Laius, was punished. Oepidus sent Creon, his brother-in-law, to ask for advice from the god Apollo through an oracle. Oepidus started to look for answers to Laius’ murder. Numerous ways were used,…

The Black Death killed one third of Medieval Europe. Millions were killed and the disease began to affect other areas of life. Social standings shifted, the economy weakened and the relationship between the people and the church deteriorated. The consequences and destruction the Black Death had caused was felt long after t had rampaged through Europe. The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina…

Beaudoin_A Black Death DBQ Essay The Black Death is a disease that was spread throughout Europe only in 4 years time. This disease took many innocent lives and great countries. These people living and dead were put through misery.But the misery only lasted three days, then they died. During this misery different people reacted in different ways. Just like the Physicians were precocious but they also used the Black death for money, families were in distraught, and countries were in isolation.…

Medieval philosophers built arguments and ideas based on the assumptions that God must be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. But are God and evil truly physical beings? This was the question that faced Saint Augustine as he entered Milan in the late fourth century. Under the Manichee, Augustine was taught to imagine God as a physical mass. Catholics in Milan, however, taught that God was a spiritual presence. If God is a being with a physical mass, this puts his omnipresence and…

Major Causes Ending the Middle Ages The Dark Ages was an intense period of time starting after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. The Dark Ages lasted from between the 5th century and the 15th century (Dr. C. George Boeree). Many unfortunate disasters occurred over the span of these ten centuries. The source of the end of the Dark Ages and beginning of the Renaissance is constantly being a hot topic at a debate. Scholars are being given a hard task of…

Before Europe was struck by the Black Plague, the majority of European countries were run using two systems, one political and one economic, referred to as the feudal system and the manorial system respectively. Under these systems, nobles built castles to serve as defenses and gave pieces of land called fiefs to knights as a form of payment for their services and protection, as the rich were in desperate need of warriors to defend them after a series of invasions left them unable to depend on…