The Similarities And Differences Between The Middle Ages And Magna Carta
The Middle Ages can be viewed as a time of progress, innovation, and greatness by the number of things. There are two things I consider to be essensials: 1). The innovation and advances in agricultural and trading system and 2) Magna Carta.
During the time of late Antiquity and Middle Ages, most of the people in the Europe were farmers and worked on the Master's lands. They heavily relied on the previous system called "two - field system." However, In the Middle Ages, this has improved, and they exercised three-field system in which they cultivated two fields and left the third field for another season. This technique made the farms more fertilized and farmers were able to grow a variety of crops. Moreover, farmers were able to produce much more crops and were able to trade this with people in cities. The increase in …show more content…
In Europe, there were four major states emerged as an influential during 900-1300 AD. One of them was England and was ruled by the kings after victory over the Viking by King Alfred the Great. After King Alfred, there were numerous great kings ruled over England, One of them was King John from Normandy France. He was a king in the England and continued landowner in France. However, The Ruler of France confiscated the land of King John in normandy. Now, as most of the man, he wanted back so, he used his power as a king of England and demanded people to contribute to get his rightful land back. However, in the end, he lost a war and cost local citizens in England much more. So people forced King John to sign the document called "MAGNA CARTA," which means "great paper" in Latin. Marna Carta stated that all English "Freeman" have "rights" and a king should also abide by the law and can't use his power for his personal gain. Lately, I hear this in the news that Constitution of The United States does permit president to use his power for his person
During the time of late Antiquity and Middle Ages, most of the people in the Europe were farmers and worked on the Master's lands. They heavily relied on the previous system called "two - field system." However, In the Middle Ages, this has improved, and they exercised three-field system in which they cultivated two fields and left the third field for another season. This technique made the farms more fertilized and farmers were able to grow a variety of crops. Moreover, farmers were able to produce much more crops and were able to trade this with people in cities. The increase in …show more content…
In Europe, there were four major states emerged as an influential during 900-1300 AD. One of them was England and was ruled by the kings after victory over the Viking by King Alfred the Great. After King Alfred, there were numerous great kings ruled over England, One of them was King John from Normandy France. He was a king in the England and continued landowner in France. However, The Ruler of France confiscated the land of King John in normandy. Now, as most of the man, he wanted back so, he used his power as a king of England and demanded people to contribute to get his rightful land back. However, in the end, he lost a war and cost local citizens in England much more. So people forced King John to sign the document called "MAGNA CARTA," which means "great paper" in Latin. Marna Carta stated that all English "Freeman" have "rights" and a king should also abide by the law and can't use his power for his personal gain. Lately, I hear this in the news that Constitution of The United States does permit president to use his power for his person