An Italian Scholar in 1300s, Petrarch used the term "Dark Age" to describe the period in Europe after the fall of Rome. Even though some stated it was in a dark age, it was more in a period of growth. Why it is more in a period of growth it is because there were good things happening like new universities built. Europe is more in a period of growth than a dark age. Europe was not in a dark age, more of a period of growth because of some good things that happen.…
According to this document , "Available farmland tripled , and the food supply increased significantly, bringing up the population. " A final example in Document F explains a new concept that explains a new replacement or improvement of church schools or monasteries. The document states ,"Universities introduced a new system of education, eventually replacing the monastery and church schools. " These two documents support how it became a growth age.…
During the 15th century, European nations began to send explorers throughout the world; these explorers helped create new trade routes, which greatly affected Europe’s prosperity and the interactions between European countries. The Europeans influenced other countries and cultures by establishing trading stations, creating colonies, imposing their ideas upon various native people, and introducing new diseases, and non-European cultures also changed European trade, social life, and ideas. European nations created a global trading system that changed the food cultures of a multitude of countries, and scholars in Europe began to describe and analyze the different people, cultures, and places that Europeans encountered. Demand for a workforce…
Jesus Gutierrez 10/10/15 Humn 240 Professor Brown Benedictine University Chap 24 summary There was a big transformation in Europe between 1500 and 1800. It went from being a sub region to becoming a powerful force. There were also a lot of changes that occurred internally and also these changes empowered the western nations of Europe to presume preeminence. This transformation occurred together and in many levels…
Several factors facilitated the growth of European power between 1000 and 1500 CE. They included the growth of towns and trade. People would settle in lands where walls and structures were still around for protection during chaos and wars (ch 12, p 433). They then began to create cities from left over structures and buildings from an earlier time (ch 12, p 433). Additionally trade in the eleventh century further contributed to the growth of towns due to the elite wanting luxury goods from both locals and imports from Asia such as silks and spices (ch 12, p 433).…
Why and how Europe rise to the top? Why did Europe discovered the New World not Asia or Africa? Chinese had the same equipments than Europeans, some equipments were even better than the ones Europeans had. Even compass was invented and developed outside Europe. So why did Europe come out on top?…
During the sixteenth and seventh century Europe began to grow and prosper at a much faster rate. Have you ever thought about how they advanced? About what made the Europeans travel across the Atlantic Ocean or around the Indian subcontinent? Or even how certain countries responded to the advancements being made? What about opinion based questions such as what was the most important outcome from such development in the modern world?…
Religion influenced cultural development in Medieval Europe, because as it was being spread through trade and ways along those lines, it changed the culture dramatically. Since there were conflicts between Christians and Muslims, it created a walls between then socially, therefore creating an uncomfortable mood for most of Europe. This made undecided people begin to chooses sides, as Christians and Muslims fought. Even though this happened, it helped to develop the culture of Medieval…
Summary of Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley’s work Urban Growth and Agricultural Change: England and the Continent in the Early Modern Period Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley is a well-known British demographer, who, in his paper Urban Growth and Agricultural Change: England and the Continent in the Early Modern Period, links changes in urban population to rising income per capita and agricultural productivity in economies before industrialization. In order to understand this relationship, we need to first follow Wrigley in describing how urban population changed over several centuries in England and how these changes were related to changes in real income. We need to first consider the 16th century. Between 1520 and 1600, when England experienced a…
The third part of the book, How the West Won, by Rodney Stark, continues to discuss the ways that the middle ages are different from the way we understand them. They were a time of great innovation and change. So much of culture was formed during these times. Many historians and history teachers just brush over these stories and facts, if not completely ignore them. Stark attempts to show how western culture was developed during times of great change.…
Europe was going through major changes in the 15th through the 17th century. This time is known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance led to the Age of Exploration and the Scientific Revolution, both creating big changes in Europe. The impact of the Renaissance on both was created by an increasing search for knowledge; people wanted to know about things beyond their ordinary life. It was also created by new inventions that were invented in the Renaissance, one being the printing press that was able to spread ideas.…
During the time of the Middle Ages, religion was known to be a large part of European common life. Lasting from the 14th to the 17th century, the Renaissance time period, contrastingly, emphasized the importance of individual growth and creativity. Therefore, many humanists throughout the Renaissance period decided to follow through with personal desires rather than what religious society decided. A sense of freedom and individual improvement was evident during this time period, prompting Europe for an increase in culture which would then lead to advancements in the knowledge of subjects such as art, architecture and literature. Overall, the Renaissance period benefitted Europe when discussing the bettered makeup of their society.…
In the later fifthteenth century, European exploration and discovery driven by a want to discover a sea route in the East resulted in a series of Portuguese voyages. Geographical findings by Europe brought several new assets such as land, wealth, precious metals, and new products like coffee and tobacco. Inopportunely, in an attempt to quickly use these resources to their advantage, conflict in Europe resulted in a domain which was split into commercial empires. In area such as France and England arose the development of machinery of the strong central government along with aggressive mercantilist policies. Within this paper, I will discuss challenges and responses which can be found from this growth of Europe.…
This proved devastating and resulted in an uprising. Fortunately, this led to the creation of the Magna Carta in 1215; its purpose was to ensure that the king's power was not abused, taxes were ended, and feudalism’s traditions were respected. Moving on, the bubonic plague played a large role in feudalism's decline. Brought to England around the mid-14th century, this catastrophic disease decimated a large amount of England's population, which meant less vassals, knights, and commoners. People either died or left in search of a better life, which weakened the feudal system.…
The Impact of Early Medieval Universities Development of early medieval universities began during the High Middle Ages, a time of economic prosperity and growth in population for Medieval Europe. Around the late 11th Century the development of important early universities would be caused by sudden urbanization of Europe and early influencers of higher education During the High Middle Ages a rise in economic activity would come from a revival of trade that would occur from the rebuilding of old cities and creation of new cities that would be major urban centers throughout Europe. The rise in bigger cities led to people moving from a poor rural life to live a more “prosperous” life in the crowded Urban Centers of Europe (1) Urbanization of Europe is actually even concurrent with the rise in universities in Europe This can be seen in the Western Schism of the 14th Century, when Urban VI is elected to Pope in Rome, but is eventually disliked for poor ruling and with support of the King of France and government officials Clermont VII is elected to Antipope in Avignon, France. However Pope Urban VI does…