Medieval warfare

The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Guillaume de Machaut There are many unknown things can be about Guillaume de Machaut, but one thing for sure he embodied the 14th century artistically. Guillaume de Machaut was born around 1300 somewhere near Réthel in the Champagne of France. The ordinary mass has come a long way since it was created. Guillaume de Machaut created the first polyphonic cycle by a single composer, Messe de Nostre Dame was revolutionary not only because it was the first polyphonic…

The Plague of Change Chaos struck Europe in the 14th century as the Black Death swept the continent. This tragedy came from central Asia, and then in late 1347-1348 spreads to much of Europe where approximately one third of the population died within just two short years. This catastrophe was a major mystery with no even attack plan. In various parts of the continent upwards of 90% of the population died. Many asked the cause of this deadly disease, as well as if it had a divine origin. From…

“The Black Death” The Black Death is widely known as terrible and physiological pains that europeans went through, but what people do not know is that more good actually came out of it. Many people think about the plague was an epidemic that swept most of Europe. As casualties counts were high so were ideas. The plague introduced brand new medical, technology, and geographical advancements to the mid 1300s and they also bettered the future. Even with these horrific things happening good came out…

Europe was faring well up until the great famine of 1315-1317. There were big changes in the weather which shortened the growing seasons and torrential rains damaged crops. Much of Europe was becoming overpopulated at this time as well. Any land that could be farmed was being farmed and there simply was not enough food to go around for everyone. Meanwhile, people began to migrate from rural areas to the more urban areas in hopes of finding better living conditions. In addition to famine…

In the Book of Revelation, the theme of God enforcing destruction of the world and the unbelievers is prominent throughout the chapters, and the colored horsemen help advance that theme. Destruction of the world is apparent because war affects the nations that are involved in the war, which may lead to bloodshed. Additionally, chapter six starts with the horsemen representing the consequences for unbelievers during the Tribulation period. This period is meant to discipline the unbelievers for…

A severely deadly disease commonly known as, “The Black Death”, was the plague that was caused by “bad bacteria”, from fleas transmitted to people that caused the death of the young, old, and sick wiping out a significant amount of people ranging from 25% to 50% of the population just in Western Europe alone. Other places affected were Eastern Europe and other remote places, this all had occured in 1347- 1351. Since the black death was very common it commonly also affected the people surrounding…

the prompts based on it. I believe that the most important plague-centric themes in the art of medieval society were the Dance of Death and worms. In my essay below, I hope to explain how these themes benefitted medieval society. Something important to note before describing the themes: in reading this book and the assigned readings for class, I cannot help but draw a certain conclusion about how medieval society viewed death. While death could be considered scary or unknown, it is an end that…

During the middle ages, many separate and different groups incorporated feudalism into their governing systems. Feudalism was very different from most forms of monarchy and totalitarianism, as it was decentralized. Instead of having a large amount of focused power on autocratic leaders, it was fragmented to many individuals. Many areas of Europe implemented feudalism, in addition to Japan. As expected, both systems were very similar in structure and functionality, yet both used different social…

view till today. St. Augustine bishop of Hippo had an immense influenced the development of western ideological and political thoughts. This was because St. Augustine gave important insights that were taken up by successors, scholars and experts of politics and government. These thoughts by later scholars that were based on Augustinian foundations generally developed along lines that Augustine presumably would not have wished. St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo never postulated a political theory of…

Theatre History paper Ashley Mabe Medieval Theatre Cultural Overview What would a typical day be like for the average citizen? Key events that impacted history of that time? Describe the government structure? The government system of the medieval time was feudalism. it is the most important social system in medieval europe, in which the nobility gives away land in exchange for military service and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (serfs) were obliged to live on…