Science in the Middle Ages

makes an influential convert to the cause of classical studies. Boccaccio visits Petrarch. Boccaccio admires Petrarch a lot. He has written a biography of Petrarch before meeting him. Boccaccio meeting Petrarch changes his life. Boccaccio was in the middle of writing the “Decameron”. Little did he know, this would make him famous in the future. After he completes writing this, he completely leaves Italian literature. He goes to Latin and is venturing off to find original manuscripts of classical…

Europe was full of thousands of rural communities including Brigstock. Brigstock was located in a very manorialized part of England which was the English midlands near London. Bennett works to redirect focus from the readers’ fairytale view of the middle ages to a more accurate view of how life really was. “Most medieval people were not knights, kings, churchmen, or merchants. Most (more than nine out of ten) were peasants who eked out hard livings from the land. This book tells the story of…

the bureaucracy of Roman Republic. Being a historian, Caesar wrote many thorough journals of his military conquest. Finally some other accomplishments by Caesar was the creation of the calender and newspaper. Caesar was the one who suggested the science behind the calender. Also Caesar made the first known newspaper which was to allow the public to be informed about the actions and functioning…

There is one major difference and similarity in the movie version of A Knight’s Tale and the research I did about the Medieval era. Both versions present feudalism as a big aspect in the Medieval era. Both the movie version and research I’ve done show how the Nobles are better because they are born into an higher estate and have plenty of money unlike the peasants. Both the movie and the Medieval peasants show how they are treated poorly and how they cannot participate in many activities because…

What do you think the impact of the experience might have been on a medieval visitor? For the medieval visitor I imagine the Cathedral would appear to be majestic and for some a center for faith and a way to get a glimpse of their betters. Imagine someone traveling between towns that were small shires with commerce being held in wood and thatch roofed buildings, the cathedral would appear to be beyond belief. To go from building with mud and straw floors, possibly with smaller live stock in the…

Feudalism in Europe during the 1300’s was extremely common. Under Feudalism, a kingdom was split into sections and given to nobles by the king. The nobles who owned these lands controlled the resources made off the land and pledged their loyalty to the king (Newby 1). While The Black Death was killing off a third of Europe's population Europe's hardest workers were being killed off, making it very difficult for landowners to find skilled laborers causing a high demand for workers, yet most…

The Crusades were Christians who made armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land in hopes of recovering Jerusalem from Muslim rule.The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's international and cultural isolation. There were four great expeditions between 1095 and 1204 of these religiously inspired military campaigns against Muslims in the eastern Mediterranean. As a result of the Crusades, noble courts and burgeoning cities in Western Europe attained more goods from the east and adopted ideas from…

"A man who limits his interests limits his life." – Vincent Price. The modern Renaissance man, Vincent Price, had many varied interests and talents, far beyond those that even most of his fans might be aware of. Many of his hobbies involved public-speaking, cooking, writing and his well-known and life-long love of art. Today I will discuss his acting career in three categories: stage, films, and voice acting. Vincent Price started his acting career in the 1930s after he graduated from Yale…

During the Middle Ages, there were not many developments in the fields of medicine and human anatomy. Much of the knowledge previously came from sources such as the Bible and other religious texts. After the major rebirth of ideas and revival of culture known as the Renaissance, new developments in these fields started to happen. The Renaissance was mainly known for its art and culture, but the scientific revolution also had a major role in this time period. The Medical Renaissance brought…

During the middle ages, there were different significant of people in different status at the time. You either rich or poor or you’re healthy or sick.The Black Plague was a massive destruction and a lot of people during the middle ages suffered/died from this deadly disease. Once contracted, the chance of death is significantly high. “The Pardoner’s Tale”, by Chaucer, centralizes around the Plague,Poverty,and Greed. During the Black Death,Chaucer tells the story that shows greed, the…