very mediocre. One example of a pro is that people had many activities that they could attend for entertainment. These included fairs‚ games like backgammon and chess‚ card games like poker‚ and plays. The events amused citizens of all ages. A con for the middle ages was the medical treatment. Most of the diseases in Medieval Europe were fatal‚ or had the potential to grow fatal. As the text book clearly states‚ "It’s no wonder people were frequently ill. Many illnesses that can be prevented or cured
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life. However they were given a dowry‚ education‚ and training. In the first century a law was passed that allowed them to be free from a male guardian as long has she had given birth to three children. The role of woman then deteriorated in the middle ages during the classical
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The Chainmail armor was the earliest form of metal armor worn by the average soldier during the Middle Ages. The armor was made from small metal rings joined together to form a closely linked flexible and protective mesh. The word ’Chainmail’ was an English combination of two words‚ ’Chain’ meaning a series of metal rings and ’mail’ from the French word "maille" meaning mesh of a net. The Maille armor primarily consisted of a two-part composite defense. the mail itself and the padding worn underneath
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The stories of the crusades of the middle ages are filled with tales of bravery‚ religious devotion‚ and of course‚ the battles of knights who crave fame‚ riches‚ and glory. One very famous group of knights was “The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon”(Napier) also known as The Templars or The Knights Templar. These knights had an unforgettable end filled with misfortune. The Templars formed around the start of the crusades in 1118 A.D. The jobs of the Templars included defending the
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and educational activities. The Church was the head influencer and even secular rulers were subject to the Churches influence. Knowing that the Church was the main influencer‚ when Drama finally made its return it was mostly religious. During the Middle Ages‚ the Church‚ the same group responsible for the decline of the art of drama‚ began embrace and utilize theatre. They began to present religious drama in sanctuaries and cathedrals. However‚ why was the Church now embracing drama and serving as an
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common concept‚ however‚ comes around when the Western world describes it as acts against God and therefore evil‚ associating it with the Devil and Devil worshipping. Witchcraft is feared and resorted to when events are unexplainable. In the Late Middle Ages‚ three main texts arose that laid a foundation for the extermination of witches‚ known as the Witchcraft Documents. This fear instilled in the documents started a flurry of witch hunts and unreasonable trials to eradicate witches and to keep the
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From pages of 120-133 in Magic in the Middle Ages‚ author Richard Kieckhefer discusses the practice of astrology in medieval Europe. He explains how astrology is a mix of Arabic science and Aristotelian cosmology‚ and is occult in its nature because it focuses on “those which cannot be ascribed to the physical makeup” (Kieckhefer‚ 131) of themselves. I find that the most interesting point in this reading is when Kieckhefer explains how the zodiac is rooted in astronomy‚ yet astrologers used the zodiac
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The Middle Ages were a time where Europe was shrouded in famine‚ wars‚ and plagues. One of the most well-known plagues was the Black Plague‚ which was a terrible disease that eliminated one-third of Europe’s population. After this plague‚ Europe began to change for the better. The Black Death caused a major shift in Europe‚ which led peasants to have social mobility which led to the Renaissance. Before the Renaissance though‚ Europeans had to endure the effects of the widely feared plague. What caused
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The middle ages was a long period of time that lasted from 580 to 1580 and during these times many things happened leading to many different chains of events‚ there was new architecture‚ weaponry‚ warriors‚ armies and more. Castles are a large fortified areas which kept people safe from attacks‚ it would usually be the people inside these castles would have been the Lord and his family. It had been heavily fortified and guarded with knights in shiny armor ready to defend at anytime. Medieval Castles
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The issue of toleration has and always will be a strong and influential topic among peoples of all ethnic and culture backgrounds. The same is true for the issue of religious toleration‚ in the case being between the Jews and the Christians in Medieval Europe. It is argued between R. Menahem ha-meir and Katz that the word toleration is not simply an explanation of the times‚ but rather a false impression of the truth. The truth in this case being‚ that the Jews and Christians wanted isolation
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