The Dark Ages developed in Europe due to the many invasions of the Barbarian Tribes. This destroyed the civilization of the Roman Empire. This era lasted about 600 years. During the Dark Ages the European Government was replaced by many small warring kingdoms. The Roman cities fell into destruction and many things had been ruined.…
Rome did not only survived the period of the Punic Wars, they defeated and flourished. This was because of the way Rome administered its peace agreement with its defeated states and the strength of its republican establishment. What we have understood by these wars is that, Rome always losses the first battle, yet they always win the last.…
First of all during the dark ages there was fighting. Rome was attacked robbed and eventually taking over by the barbarian tribes.The period of following the fall of rome is now known as the dark ages. Secondly, there was a lot of death, cities shrank in sizes and population. Thirdly there were many people trying to survive. Most people only grew just enough to feed themselves.…
The middle ages could have been called dark ages because the Barbarians broke though ramparts so there was no protection. They were no longer trading, peasants abandoned their fields only so they can avoid the violence of anarchy. The people were scared and ran far into the forests or inaccessible regions or took refuge in the high mountains. Society no longer had a government (Document 1). Conditions were very poor for citizens, they lived in fear and gave up their land and homes to run away to feel somewhat safe. Muslims were invading the South, Hungarians ruined the East provinces, they burned down churches, left and took captives with them (Document 1). These events cause the middle ages to be called the dark ages. There also was a lot of slaughter in London and Quentavic and in Rochester. The vikings stoled from and completely burned down the town of Dordrecht (Document 3). This invasion of England can also be called dark ages for the burning, stealing and slaughtering that occurred. In 1905, Pope Urban II issued a call for a holy crusade. The Turks and the Arabs had attacked and conquered the territory of Romania, they occupied more and more land of Christians, they killed and captured many, they destroyed churches and devastated the empire (Document 9). The call for crusade made the pope and catholic church lose power. The life expectancy in Medieval England before 1276 was 35, from 1276-1300 was 32, from 1301-1325 was 28, from 1326-1350 was 27, from 1351-1375 was 17. The life expectancy just kept…
* Dark Ages: the time period in Western Civilization that began after the fall of Rome to the Goths in 476 CE…
It was a time where many people suffered from death due to plague and where the poor class were treated unfairly. Even though all this the arts and music were able to live on and expand to something even greater. During the middle ages there was a progression of art. New styles arose such as gothic art and quickly became the center of attention.…
Kings in their castles, war, death and darkness. These are all ideas that come to mind when the term “Dark Ages” is used, but that is only one side to the story of the European Middle Ages. The dark ages is a term used to define a set of years that according to the people who named it so, there was very little growth or development of the world. As dark as they may be known for there was so much hope and prosper in the Middle Ages. It is not valid to identify the european middle ages as the dark ages.…
The Middle Ages was the era between 500 and 1400 in Europe. This period is best labeled by the Dark Ages, Age of Feudalism, and the Age of Faith. The beginning of the Middle Ages is called the "Dark Ages" because the great civilizations of Greece and Rome had fallen. Life in Western Europe during the Middle Ages was very hard. Very few people could read or write and nobody expected improvement. The only hope for most people during the Middle Ages was their belief in Christianity.…
Life before the European Renaissance was forlorn. There was little hope for a happy existence during the Dark Ages. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were manifesting throughout Europe. After the Roman Empire fell, there was little to no stability in Europe’s society besides the corrupt Roman Catholic Church. Famine hit northern Europe especially hard and the Black Death spread like wildfire killing an estimated 25 million individuals.…
The Dark Ages are described as a period of intellectual depression in the history of Europe from the establishment of barbarian supremacy in the fifth century to the revival of learning at about the fifteenth century. In my belief, according to this description the Dark Ages were not dark at all, and if present, the intellectual depression was minimal. The Dark Ages were a period of great intellectual innovation and arts. With the dwindling populations of towns, people once again became dependent on agriculture and herding, as they had been previous to the rise of Rome. As a result of this, technological improvements pertaining to agriculture were made such as the heavy plow, shoulder collar for horses, and metal horseshoes. These innovations enabled agriculture to prosper due the implementation of more efficient practices, thereby increasing product yield, resulting in a surplus. It was also during this period that universities were founded, introducing a new system of education, which eventually replaced the monastery and church schools. These universities taught subjects such as the arts, law, medicine, and theology. I believe that this shows a great wealth of knowledge being shared throughout Western Europe, not an intellectual depression. This time period is also well known for its festive art and elaborate, grand architecture. The so called barbarians that took over during this period were inventive peoples that created glorious works of arts with materials such as gold and jewels. Many innovations in architecture were introduced such as flying buttresses, high ceilings with ribbed vaults, large columns, and large stained glass windows. It was during this time period that education was made available to the people, and a massive outpouring of books occurred.…
Most modern historians dismiss the notion that the era was a “Dark Age”, they believed that the idea was based on the ignorance of the time. However, previously and even some till this day believe that era received its most prominent name for a very good reason. It was a time of atrocious conditions and choas. They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives. There was no longer any trade, only unceasing terror. It truly was dark. People starved to death because of lack of food. Cannibalism became common, and the most convenient source of food, because the streets were ridden with people who did not survive the Black Death.…
The Dark Ages was the time period of which brought back civilization several hundred years. Some of the key factors why the Dark Ages lasted so many years were because of war, leadership, and disease. Firstly, war played a very important part in the fall of Rome, and which was the reason the Dark Ages started. Leadership was the second greatest reason because the poor leadership the leaders demonstrated led to rash decisions, ultimately leading to what had happened in the Dark Ages. The last important factor is disease, which killed mass amounts of life, slowing the way of life. These three factors played key parts in the Dark Ages and why it lasted so long.…
From the fall of the Holy Roman Empire to there was a dark age in Europe where all technology and thinking stopped. Europe was a battleground for feudal lords and their knights trying to control the surrounding territories. The dark ages started to end when Pope Urban the 2nd called for the crusades of the holy lands and the city of Jerusalem.…
The Dark Ages as a term has undergone many evolutions; its definition depends on who is defining it. Indeed, modern historians no longer use the term because of its negative connotation. Generally, the Dark Ages referred to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This took place when the last Western emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by Odoacer, a barbarian. AD 476 was the time of this event.…
The Dark Ages is a historical period in the first part of the Middle Ages. The term Dark Ages emphasizes the cultural and economical deterioration that occurred in Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. In document 1 it states that many invasions broke out. The conditions in Europe were terrifying. No trading occurred, ceasing terror, and peasants abandoned fields to avoid violence. European society has no longer any government. In document 3 it describes the invasion in England. They burned the town of Dordrecht and invaded them for their goods. They filled their boats with booty, and men and goods and then fled back to their own country. Also during the Dark Ages in Europe, the plague broke out between 1348 and 1350. It was labeled as the “Black Death.” This plague killed between 75 to 200 million people. It took almost 150 years to restore the population. The plague reoccurred occasionally in Europe until the 19th century. The Dark Ages is a accurate label for this time because Europe was in a dark time and many invasions and death occurred.…