Early Middle Ages

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…

Death. By this point, he had become extremely well known for the charisma that he put into his horror roles. Even in sillier movies, Price managed to put black comedy into his performances in a way that was very unique to his own persona. In the early 1970’s Price portrayed some of his most memorable roles, one of which was The Theater of Blood. He played an old psychotic (theater actor,) Edward Landheart, a (Shakespearian actor) who went mad after negative reviews and sought revenge on the…

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…

People will drive by shouting curse words, people walking by will make rude gestures at random people, friends will pull out their phone and start texting in the middle of a conversation, and students talk over their teacher. A couple of very public examples recorded in the article “Civility in Modern Society” include, “when country music star Taylor Swift is accepting a music award, hip hop artist Kanye West jumps…

There are many interesting things about Italy. Like The Bronze and Iron Age. The Bubonic plague also known as The Black Death started in Italy, The Renaissance of the arts, When Italy became one, Modern Italy, The geography of Italy, and The Economy of Italy. In the early second millennium B.C. Italy was in the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age is for studying prehistoric societies practically the ancient societies. During the Bronze Age a cultural pattern had already formed. Most of the people that…

During the Italian Renaissance, humanism was an important contributor to the successes that were achieved in the 15th and 16th centuries. Humanism was the rediscovery of the past and bringing it back to life. Humanists were were able to read, understand, and appreciate the writings of the ancient world. (Chambers et al, 2007). Things that were achieved during the Renaissance that were important to humanists were the economy, their art, and politics. Artists were very influential to humanism and…

Art during the Renaissance time was very creative and inspiring. Artists during this tine afforded painting by painting on canvas or wood, which freed the artists from having to work on site and on commission. Some paintings during that time were portable and can be displayed in different settings and be in different markets. Also, some of the paintings in the Renaissance time were oil paints, pioneered in Flanders. These benefits that the artists of Italy obtained, added an important technical…