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    PartII The Middle Ages and Renaissance McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Middle Ages (450-1450) – Rome sacked by Vandals—455 – Beowolf—c. 700 – First Crusade—1066 – Black Death—1347-52 – Joan of Arc executed by English—1431 McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Renaissance (1450-1600) – Guttenberg Bible—1456 – Columbus reaches America—1492 – Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503 – Michelangelo:

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    Manuel Castro English 212 Professor Phares 3-18-15 Compare and contrast the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment The Age of Exploration and The Enlightenment were products of the Renaissance (1400-1648). Both The Age of Exploration (1400-1500) started by Prince Henry the Navigator (1394- 1460) to the beginning of The Enlightenment (1687-1789). It was symbolic that Prince Henry the Navigator erected the first navigational school in Sagres‚ Portugal where it was considered the rim of the

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    Middle Ages Introduction 1. Political and Social Milestones 1066-1485 a. Norman Conquest‚ 1066 i. William the Conqueror beat English king Harold ii. Created feudal system b. The Age of Feudalism i. Everybody had a specific place in the hierarchical society ii. Kings owned land and serfs worked it c. The Decline of Feudalism i. People had opportunities to make money outside feudal obligations 1. Increased trade with East ii. Growing cities iii. Knights were replaced by yeomen (class

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    has historians debating a proper label. Appropriate labels would be; The Dark Ages‚ representing the lack of knowledge and chaos that occurred; The Age of Feudalism‚ for the social structure; and The Age of Faith‚ expressing the amount of power the Pope and the Church had. The Dark Ages included a lot of battles and chaos. Many people blame it on the lack of knowledge that led to the invasions and the chaos. The Dark Ages were caused by the fall of the Roman Empire and all the Barbarian invasions

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    The Middle Ages was the era between 500 and 1400 in Europe there was a lot going during this time. There are many ways to describe it. This era was best labeled by the Dark AgesAge of Feudalism‚ the Age of Faith‚ or the Golden Age. Historian Frantz Funck- Brentano used previously publishes texts to describe Europe in the Dark Ages the excerpt says that the Hungarains swarm over the Western provinces‚ sucked town and village and laid the waste on the fields. The conditions on Europe were horrible

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    In the Middle Ages during the black plague‚ people had religious doubts‚ different economic troubles but mostly the same health concerns. People during the fifteenth through eighteenth century had some similar beliefs and concerns. For example‚ people were locked in there house when they had the plague and stayed there till they died. Some people thought that God sent the plague as a punishment to human kind. People then who had money left while the people with money stayed in their hometown. People

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    People and of Kings.” (Bruni) The Renaissance opened possibilities for thinkers‚ like Niccoló Machiavelli‚ to view the political and moral problems in new ways than in the Middle Ages.The economy in the Renaissance was changed by the transition from feudalism to merchant capitalism. Civic humanists greatly influenced the Northern humanists‚ which caused Italian humanism to spread until the Reformation. Singularity and individualism was much more accepted in Renaissance Italy was unlike that of other

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    The Heavy Plough 5th Century AD In the basic mouldboard plough the depth of the cut is adjusted by lifting against the runner in the furrow which limited the weight of the plough to what the ploughman could easily lift. These ploughs were fragile and were unsuitable for breaking up the heavier soils of northern Europe. The introduction of wheels to replace the runner allowed the weight of the plough to increase and in turn allowed the use of a much larger mouldboard that was faced with metal. These

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    INTRODUCTION — from approximately ages 40-60 y — declining physical skills — increasing responsibilities — increasing self-satisfaction — increasing awareness of time (past‚ future) PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT — mostly gradual changes — decreasing height / increasing weight — after 55‚ approximately 2 inches lost for men‚ 1 inch for women — decreasing bone density (for women‚ loss is twice as fast) — decreasing strength — 10% loss by 60 y — decreasing vision‚ light

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    Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Exploration? Include a. the Renaissance b. the growth of nation states c. advances in sailing technology In the 1400s‚ Europe experienced what came to be known as the renaissance‚ or rebirth. During this period of time‚ major advances in technology and learning were made. Also‚ the renaissance was a time of great economic prosperity. These advances would later lead to many new discoveries in the subsequent age of exploration. The discoveries

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