Science in the Middle Ages

Before the Italian Renaissance began in Northern Italy, the city-states belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. However, due to the lack of the empire’s power the northern city-states became politically independent. Northern Italy, trying to find the best form of government, experimented with different variations of government (13-1a). Political and economic transformations by the Northern Italy city-states triggered the Italian Renaissance; however, the political transformations allowed for the…

architecture is adjusted to the time period and functioned towards the society’s needs. In the Early Renaissance, the Medici family was the financial influencer of Florence, and architectures were inspired by the classical world, education, economy, and science. For example, Alberti was strongly influenced by Classicism and the Roman structure system. In Mantua, the “Basilica of Sant’Andrea” is the same proportion inside and out because the society was influenced by math and the Golden Section.…

1. The Ancient Chinese express themselves through different religions. The main religions where Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. Confucianism is a religion based on a man called Confucius; he was a philosopher that thought the universe told humans how to live in harmony and gave them purposes. The proper to way to behave is by the Dao, every person had there own Dao even the ruler had one. Taoism was one of the most popular alternatives to Confucianism, since they are very similar they…

The Late Middle Ages brought famine, disease, and war all of europe was affected by these horrific events. Climate change brought on unusual weather storms would destroy crops like wheat and oat because this famine struck. Famine hit most of northern europe the hardest the Great Famine lasted eight years. There were many social consequences because of famine. People would move out there homes in search for new places. Beggars would would roam around and ask for money of food.Certain groups of…

the chest. Dry clean only. This Gambesons is made of a cotton blended fabric and is quartered with front, back and side slits below the waist for excellent maneuverability. Available in Black or dark brown. This quilted gambeson from the early Middle Ages is made of 100% cotton. Available in Black. Hand wash only. Perfect for Medieval and Renaissance Fairs. This traditional armor vest is made from rich suede leather and has a padding for extra protection. Comes with two buckled straps in the…

We all see the current election as a man with no experience that simply complains about issues without giving a solution verses a woman who deletes all of her emails, we do nothing but attempt to say one side is better and complain that this is the worse election ever but we never take into consideration that in the past elections were just as bad if not worse. Diseases like Ebola leave people in fear even though it by no means even compares to diseases from the past simply because we have…

Samurai and Knights are more similar than different. Both have a feudal system with a social pyramid and very protective armor that became useless after guns came around. They both also had codes that they had to be loyal to. Though some people think they're different because of their views on death, it is obvious that they have more similarities. Samurai and knights are more similar because of loyalty to code, feudal system, and their protective armor. The first reason Samurai and knights are…

The Lady of Shallot Romanticism was a time in European history that was all about feelings and emotion rather than reason. This era was also considered to be a philosophical movement for people to become more emotionally self-aware to improve society. During the romanticism period, artists, authors, etc. took a different route, then how it was in the Neoclassical era. Artists chose to go in a more emotional, creative style for their creations. These artists also chose to display more…

The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World is a 2002 exposition by Paul Robert Walker detailing the artistic phenomenon known as the Renaissance. Predominantly set in Florence, Italy, The Feud centers on the tense relationship between two revolutionary artists—Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti—and the active Italian world around them. Widespread disease, interstate war, and financial conflict trademarked the era dominated by the…

In the summer of 1793, Yellow Fever was a plague that took thousands of souls of people that lived in Philadelphia. The Yellow fever got to Philly by foreign ships with mosquito that have bread in the cargo areas. People got yellow fever by an infected mosquito. The mosquito got infected by biting people that were already infected. The people that treated the infection were doctors from Philadelphia and French doctors. Both the French and American doctors tried to help all the yellow fever…