Medieval university

The food during Medieval Times sounds so delicious! They had meatballs, pastries, and a plethora of exotic and simple recipes. However not all people had access to the wonders of medieval cuisine. This report explores the different aspects of medieval food including what the peasants ate, what the nobles ate, what were some of the food restrictions, and what feast days meant to the different classes. Learning about the different foods that nobles and peasants ate, may help you understand and…

The plague “How and why did the plague occur in Medieval Europe occur?” The first account of the description of the plague was from Messina. In early October 1347 twelve Genoese Gallery entered Messina Harbour. The people of Messina noticed the men with unusual black boils on their bodies. Anyone who spoke to the men quickly developed a boil the size of a lentil on their thighs and upper arms. This resembled a “burn boil”. The patient would then vomit blood for 3 days after which on the 4th…

But the only thing they did build on was the effect it had on Europe after it ended. Even though the Crusades ultimately failed at taking over Jerusalem, they succeeded at bringing about socio economic, political, and religious change in late medieval Europe. When the call to the Crusades was first shouted out to the world, kings all over Europe saw this as their chance to regain power. They felt as if they led an army into battle it would bring them one step closer to monarchical power, but…

“Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized” - Steve Allen. When one looks back to history for guidance in their future, they tend to ask themselves, “What can I do better this time, that I or others failed to accomplish back then?”. This is what the members of the Party asked themselves when they developed the ideology of their new totalitarian government. They developed this ideology as they looked upon the failures of past totalitarian governments and wondered how those failures could…

generation to the next as many were illiterate, books at the time were mainly written in Latin, and only people with high and respected positions were able to read and speak in Latin. Even so medieval literature had many common themes that carried through and personified important characteristics of the medieval culture. Some of the most popular themes…

The black death was one of the most devastating plagues in human history. It was caused by the bubonic plague and its variants,. In the 14th century something happened that caused the disease spread . It was likely the rise of trade. The disease lived in fleas carried by rats. When a rat died, the fleas on that rat would need to find another host. When that host was a human, the people would get very sick and most people who had the disease would die very quickly. It is assumed that the…

When someone brings up the Middle Ages in a conversation or in a history lesson, people usually think of brave and handsome knights fighting dragons and rescuing princesses from castles. Though knights were prominent in the Middle Ages, they were not the most important part of them by far. That honor goes to the authors of the Middle Ages. One of the reasons knight tales are well known is because the authors of the Middle Ages made those tales so grand. They were not just great story tellers,…

Life before the Black Plague was definitely less scary. It was more calm and cool with no worries of a sickness coming and wiping you out in a week. It was a simpler, easy time but of course it still had sickness but nothing that would kill you so fast and kill so many. They had a good economy and system that worked for them going in Europe. Feudalism really helped Europe settle down and have some type of order other than just the kings. Everyone had something to do and there new rules, the…

“The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion,” stated Frederick Douglas, a former slave and abolitionist. European peasants of the middle ages also knew first-had the suffering that leads to rebellion. Peasants rebelled against nobles, kings, and even the clergy, in order to reform and reorder society. The oppression of feudalism was widespread. As the valley between the rich and the poor began to expand, peasants revolted. Merriam-Webster defines a revolt as: “acting in a…

On Thursday 4th of May 2017, BBC published an article about the dormant diseases, bacteria, and viruses hidden in the ice that was waking up as a result of climate change. I thought it was a very interesting article for one. Humans were strange; some very intelligent and curious - my favorite kinds of humans - and some were just… odd. Technology was pretty tremendous in 2017. Most humans had smartphones and other electronic devices that kept them in touch with the news and other stuff.…