It was known as the Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne worked to protect the church from its enemies and to keep the people of Europe united under the church. Although Charlemagne never learned to write‚ he did improve education. Religious leaders opened schools at cathedrals and monasteries to teach boys to read and write‚ and to improve the education of priests
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Christmas-A Christian holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ‚ Christmas evolved over two millennia into a worldwide religious and secular celebration‚ incorporating many pre-Christian‚ pagan traditions into the festivities along the way. Today‚ Christmas is a time for family and friends to get together and exchange gifts. Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse‚ meaning "Christ’s Mass") is an annual festival commemoratingthe birth of Jesus Christ‚[6][7] observed generally on December
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Roman Empire’s demise. The Franks took over what is now France while the Eastern Goths took over the western Balkans‚ Greece‚ and Italy. The Saxons conquered areas of southern England. Western Europe was heavily based upon the feudal system during this period in time. The feudal system was at its height after the death of the Carolingian Emperor‚ Charlemagne‚ when his successors split up the empire between themselves. Manorialism was also present during this period in time. The lord of a manor had
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objects of this book is to point to the highly complex human situation of raid and settlement‚ of piracy and cultivation that we mask under the conveniently smooth description of the viking Age. This Viking Age with its rough chronological extent from 800 to I 100 had a tremendous effect on the making of modern Europe. The process of recovery from the economic dislocation and political disaster which attended the fall of the Roman Empire in the West was not far advanced when the fresh wave of barbarian
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The Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE is significant to the development and message of Christianity because not only was there a review of old legislation by reflecting on‚ and deciding if the rulings were still valid‚ it also affirmed that the Roman Catholic Church was irrefutably divided. The East-West Schism was the division of the Catholic Church into what would become the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Although it did not occur until 1053‚ the issue of a schism became a
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literatuur Hoofd periodes‚ sub-periodes en invasie volkeren: 1. Prehistoric Britain. +/- 800 BC - 55 BC Celts (5th century BC) 2. Roman Britain. 55 BC – 400 AD 3. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon Period 500 – 1066 Soon after the romans left‚ Britain was attacked by Germanic tribes‚ mainly Angles and Saxons. Anglo-Saxon settlements (410 AD – 800 AD) The Vikings (The Danes) (800 AD – 978 AD) Downfall of Saxon England (978 AD – 1066 AD) 4. The Middle English Period 1066 – 1500 5. The Renaissance
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An analysis of the global significance of the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony The 2012 London Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (Hereafter LSOOC) was watched by 62‚000 spectators in the stadium and an estimated audience of one billion across all five continents‚ it was for a few hours the focal-point of the world. This essay will conclude that the live broadcast of this major-sporting media event has become economically significant; primarily as a result of the increasing
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In point of fact‚ Dawson argues that it was the personal influence of Charlemagne that inspired the greatest achieve of the Carolingian Age: the gathering together of the scattered elements of the classical and patristic traditions and their reorganization as the basis of a new culture. The Carolingian Age saw a return to scholarship
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The great Anglo-Saxon period generated an expansive lineage of approximately 170 kings‚ a lineage that would come to an end in 1066 with the death of King Harold II ’Godwinsson’ (Levick). This noteworthy ruler and general would only hold the crown for a brief nine months‚ having his reign cut short by a Norman invasion under William the Conqueror. During his reign‚ King Harold had little impact as a ruler and would have fallen into the obscurity of history if it had not been his death being the causation
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To fully understand the Viking and Scandinavian elements in the poem‚ the culture and society of the Anglo-Saxons must first be discussed. The same time the stories for Beowulf were being created‚ around 800-1100AD‚ Scandinavia was being invaded and was under attack. As a result of this‚ it left a culture obsessed with being saved by a great warrior‚ valuing battle honor‚ glory‚ and heroism. The concepts of “wyrd” and “weirguld” were also popular at this time. Along with other characters‚ the actions
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