should consider the different angles that an item is thrown from. Using information from the past and present times can help to find the best angle to accurately throw an object at the farthest target. First the history of catapults‚ Medieval catapults varied widely in shape‚ size and design. The purpose of its use was almost the same. Whether it was the massive trebuchet or the mangonel‚ they were all feared for their ability to cause widespread devastation. In the middle ages catapults
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disprove the known fact that methods of torture during medieval times were both cruel and most definitely did not fit the crime in which they were intended to compensate for. This paper is intended to confirm the media’s portrayal‚ specifically Hollywood‚ of the tortuous methods of a time period where the techniques and procedures utilized to prove a point were perceived as reasonable. Contrary to most popular opinion‚ methods of medieval torture were actually chosen with much deliberation and
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Jasmine Morgan. What was so special about medieval Baghdad? Baghdad was special as the Islamic world preserved the knowledge in contrast to Europe in the dark ages. The Islamic world collected and also enhanced knowledge on medicine and other subjects. This reveals that the scholars were determined as they would travel all over the empire to collect knowledge‚ then they would translate it into Arabic so they could add to it. In contrast Europe was the opposite of this peaceful‚ knowledgeable empire
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My Essay about Exploration ! In medieval Europe people went exploring for many different reasons‚ in this essay I will tell you the main reasons why people went exploring and the reason that I think is the most important. Religion: Prince Henry went exploring to spread the word about his religion. Most of the people who went to spread the word were Christian. Columbus‚ who landed in South America‚ erected churches and forced the natives to convert to Christianity. Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish
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MEDIVAL DRAMA ESSAY With the decline of the Roman Empire so went Greek and Roman Dramatic Theatre. Minstrels and Troubadours Beginning in the 5th or 6th century traveling performers named Minstrels and Troubadour’s began to travel castle to castle and town to town. Their performances were often vulgar and flamboyant; using colorful costumes and many times using musical instruments in their performances. Although their content tended to be crass and vulgar it did lend itself to themes of the day
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Medieval England - daily life in medieval towns Towns. A new class emerged during the Middle Ages; the merchant. The growth of trade and the merchant middle class went hand in hand with the growth in towns. Town populations swelled during this period‚ particularly after the Black Death. Trade routes grew‚ though roads remained poor and dangerous‚ so most goods were transported by water. Towns were built on trade‚ and the elite of towns were the merchants. Merchant guilds controlled town
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Tremendous insecurity existed because of the threats of the Viking raiders and the Umayyad Caliph. The Europeans became very self-sufficient and did not heavily rely on trade from other places‚ which helped to create a new social structure. As a result‚ Medieval Europe had many distinctive customs that are no longer practiced. The Europeans were very insecure during this time period because of the new threats that emerged‚ specifically the Vikings from Scandinavia and the Umayyad Caliph. An elite strike
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Castles were used in the Medieval period. They were used to protect the cities when they were under attack from neighboring cities. As the technology and attacking methods improved‚ the defending methods had to keep up. There were many different types of attacks that castles had to be prepared for; therefore‚ there were many different castles structures and designs. For example‚ in case of archers the castle would have to have embrasures‚ arrow loops‚ and curtains. These were all parts of a castle
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The article “Medieval Silence and Modern Transsexuality” by Karen Lurkhur explores the romance finding that its themes “closely parallels the psychanalytical and scientific discourses about transsexuality” (220). Lurkhur finds Silence’s masculine persona to be viewed as “the external expression of her virtuous character” (224). When Silence is exposed as a female her transgressions are forgiven because she took on the male gender which is seen as a positive force. Lurkhur finds this is the opposite
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The Christian church in medieval Rome held a lot of social and religious authority but along with authority came issues of society that they were forced to deal with. Sexuality was a matter of the churches concern that was more often related to the word "Evil". I am going to attempt to prove that the "evils" involved in sexuality such as prostitution‚ and homosexuality were necessary for the church to maintain a growing authority over society. The chronological limits I am focusing on will fall between
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