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    Report. The way the rich and poor to this day are very different, in this report, we will compare the food, housing, entertainment and clothing In the middle ages, your place in society would be decided upon your birth, and from then was never questioned. Although everyone in the middle ages had it hard, the peasants had it worst, and even then the women had it even badder. Women had little or no role to play within the country no matter where they were in society. Food for the poor…

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    word renaissance comes from the French word, rebirth; it was a time period of revival in art, literature, philosophy, and architecture that spreaded all over Europe. The Renaissance came about during the end of the Middle Ages. It provided a transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age and created many social and cultural changes. The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy ;people began to break away from the church’s beliefs and started to question and discover the things on their own. They…

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    Music can be traced all the way back to 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with sounds and discovered tones can be formed from plucking strings. During the Middle Ages is when music began to be considered a gift from God. A common way to praise and worship our God was through music; this is how sacred music came about. Soon later, sacred music eventually was overcome by secular music, which is more along the lines of crusades, dancing, and love songs and less of the more religious and…

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    The Middle Ages, referred to as the “Dark Ages,” was an undoubtably an eye opening and brooding time period in Western history. Its issue today is figuring out what aspect was the most compelling and what really is behind some of the social and political traditions today. Events ranging from the Reformation, to the Bubonic Plague, and to the growing amount of intellectuals and nation changing ideas. Many events however need to be put into context as to find out how this period really affected us…

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    During the Middle Ages, knights were very well known, honorable, military men. Knights followed a set of rules called the Code of Chivalry, which they learned at a very young age. To have training for battle, knights would also participate in tournaments. All of the training that the young men did led to their becoming of a knight. To become a knight, these young men had to go through many years of training and education from being a page, squire, and then to a full knight. Knights during the…

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    The end of feudalism brought the end of the middle ages.The Crusades were one of the reasons that helped end the middle ages and feudalism.The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites(Jerusalem)considered sacred by both groups because the Christians believed that it was were Jesus was born there and the Muslims believe that was were their god helped develop and lived and the Muslims also believe that since they were…

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    Middle Ages Vs Renaissance

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    era and the Middle Ages are two periods in time that are extremely vital to European history. Contrary to popular belief, these periods are remarkably unalike in comparison. The Middle Ages, sometimes known as the medieval period, was a time in European history that began in the fifth century and lasted until the fifteenth century. The Renaissance era was a period that expanded from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. This era originated in Italy at the end of the Middle Ages and…

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    Early Middle Ages Essay

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    origins and development of biographical writing in late antiquity and the early middle ages (i.e. how and why did people write biographies in this period?). By addressing two works covered, how can we account for the origins and development of biographical writing in late antiquity and early middle ages? I.e. how and why did people write biographies in this period? In late antiquity (161-565 CE) to the early middle ages the origins and development of early biographies and hagiographies were…

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    hats, from defending their king to joining competitions. The Code of Chivalry, as quoted in the beginning, was required for them to abide by in every aspect of their lives. They, of course, boasted impeccable armor. These were the knights of the Middle Ages. Knights, who first stepped onto the scene because nobles with land desired property protection, performed countless duties. Their first duty was to defend the life and land of their…

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    word is also used in situations or settings that often diverge from the strict dictionary definition. Throughout history, the definition of tolerance evolved through the Middle Ages and the early modern period to develop the modern definition of tolerant behavior: strict acceptance of others beliefs and viewpoints. In the Middle Ages, the Pope would practice tolerance as a form of “love for those who err” (Forst). As the religious leader, the pope would use kindness and proper teaching to guide…

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