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    reality for the Europeans who were peasants from the fifth to fifteenth century. In the Middle Ages, the livelihood of a person depended on their rank. The Feudal System set up the entire society for the people. Unfortunately the peasants fell under one of the last categories in this ranking system. This system was, according to dictionary.com, “the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations…

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    everyday, and the pretty castles. In Europe during the Medieval times religion ruled everything which is exciting because the church decided what the country did. According to Medival life time and info.com '"The lives of the Medieval people of the Middle Ages was dominated by the church. " People went to church everyday and prayed multiple times throughout the day which was normal to them .The people beleived that when bad things happened to them it was because they sinned another reason i…

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    The Medieval Ages stated around the fifth century to the early sixteenth century. It was caused by the fall of the Roman Empire in around 476. The dark ages were not really a time of darkness. There were great advancements and inventions during that time. During the Medieval Times, there were many advances in agriculture, science and architecture. Some of the advances include the change of the number system, the change of animals in which they used to farm and the gothic architecture used during…

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    Comparing Urban Patterns of Florence in the Middle Ages Daiveyon Monroe History 150 Land of the Free, as an American would say, but what about other countries like Europe, China, Africa, Islam, etc… Maybe these other countries definition of “freedom” differs from our own. Europe, in the time from1000 to 1500, had cities with unparalleled freedom compared to any other cities in the world (Reilly, 484). The urban patterns and development throughout these towns in Europe, during the Post-Classical…

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    Loverher 1 Mrs. Remington Honors English 11 December 2014 The Crusades The Crusades were a series of bloody wars during the middle ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem. In Christianity, the crusades were expeditions of Christian Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries for the recovery of the holy land (Chrisholm 44). They were a time of religion…

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    of the Rome Empire, one of the most famous events to have occurred in the High Middle Ages was one that would bring Western Europe and the Middle East together in a violent religious clash that would become known in Medieval History as the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of religious wars which spanned from 1095-1291, that were fought between the Christian armies of the Europe and the Muslim armies of the Middle East. The reasons for why the Crusades took place stem from many different…

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    The Middles Ages was an important era in time that included the collapse of the Roman Empire to the creation of the Renaissance, and the Reformation period. An important factor during this Era was the reign of King Alfred from 871 to 899, and the reign of King Henry II from 1154 to 1189. The respect and loyalty towards the Royalty during this time was the most admirable of all since the knights and people would do anything for their king’s honor. The hero’s rose to become knights and be able to…

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    Nobles were groups of families, that were loyal to the king and provided him their knights and armies at his request. The church was very influential and was part of every person’s life in the Middle Ages. Church officials include; The Pope, cardinals, bishops, archbishops, deacons, abbots, monks, nuns, village priests and friars. The Pope had the ability to excommunicate a person, banning them from Church and dooming their souls to live in hell…

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    Back in the Middle Ages, 50% of people died from a terrible disease called the Bubonic Plague. Though this plague was devastating, many great advancements came from this. Art and literature had a new age of change, going from dark to bright. Science expanded, giving us new ideas about the universe. From this period we know many great things, but what would happen if the plague broke out now? After the plague, many this changed. People still supported God, but they started to question the…

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    Kevin Nguyen Ms. Barton English II 25 August 2017 Medical World of the Middle Ages When talking about the Middle Ages, most think of knights in shining armor or kingdoms, but one thing most people miss is that the Middle Ages was just as similar to our society. The two time periods can be identified as similar because of one common issue, poverty. Those who struggled during the Middle Ages faced the same issues as those who are less fortunate in our current society. Although the two eras can…

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