The Black Death is a time in medieval history that is to this day the worst demographic disaster in European history. The Black Death is the nickname of the disease “Yersinia Pestis” that hit the European world in the 1340 CE. This disease wiped out 80 million people total. The devastation of this disease makes the Black Death the most significant event that occurred in the later medieval period. The Black Death is the most significant event because of the devastating nature of the disease and the
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Adam De La Halle and Ars Antiqua Time Period Life Summary Adam de la Halle is often referred to as the greatest of the long succession of post Medieval musicians. He was a poet‚ musician and innovator of the earliest French theater. He became famous for his use of polyphony and his theatrical productions. Adam originally trained for the clergy (the people of the church). Marriage interfered with his musical career; but with the help of some noble benefactors he was able to pursue musical studies
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Medieval society changed incessantly since the Black Death 1350. The plague itself changed social structures‚ attitudes towards minsters and relationship amongst peasants and higher classes. Nevertheless‚ the Black Death did subsidize positive effects. I personally will outline three main reasons medieval society actually improved in the 14th century. Reason 1 - medical knowledge improved as doctors were allowed study corpses. People began to understand how the human body worked. Firstly‚ medical
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Medieval Castles Castles were a vital part of medieval life. The architecture of these large dwellings was designed for military purposes. Life inside of a castle was extremely busy and smelly‚ as well as crowded. Famous medieval castles include Dover castle‚ the Tower of London‚ and Windsor castle. The architecture of a medieval castle was based on the need for military protection‚ rather than comfort and style. A “motte and bailey” style was commonly used as a layout for the grounds. This consisted
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Along with feudalism‚ a social and political system‚ goes an economic system called manorialism‚ which centered around manors. There were many key characteristics that defined the Medieval manor. A manor was a large estate owned by a feudal lord‚ and the most common form of a fief (Ahlin 1‚ Nardo 19). Manors included a castle or manor house‚ at least one village‚ and the surrounding farmland (Frey 22). Manorialism was the name of the system that included the services that the peasants on a manor
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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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I am honored to be chosen as one of the medieval time travelers to witness the history in the Fifth Century. I found out that the people during that time suffered greatly due to disease and war. They studied‚ worked‚ and they played‚ just like we do today. I discovered also a huge gap between rich and poor. They had highly organized system of government and religion. There’s no doubt that our today’s modern society is developed from the past. Europe in the Middle Age saw a mix of Roman‚ Germanic
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Heroism in medieval times was different than it is today. Much of it was based on power over beauty‚ or wealth over intelligence. When faced with the decision of looking brave but being dumb‚ or looking cowardly while being intelligent the majority of the heroic people would have chosen the first option. In the example of Theseus (Canterbury Tales:The Knight’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer) although he was honored for his wise decisions he had the power and strength to stand fast against anyone who opposed
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An easy way to describe the medieval era in one word : separation. The medieval era was easily seen as rich nobles against the majority poor‚ but the church also dominated the scenes. The society was greatly influenced by sports‚ art‚ and clothing that was regulated or promoted by these separate entities during the time. The church would control art‚ while the nobility would influence sports‚ gambling‚ and clothing. Peasants were given opportunity to participate in these events‚ but rarely held influence
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The decline of medieval societies was caused by a number of people and events. With the decline of the medieval frontier because of the bubonic plague or “Black Death” as it’s know‚ led to many civilians spreading out to a rural style of living. The more populated cities and state’s were more vulnerable to infection because of so many living so close together many who survived took there chance leaving the cities and the more rural areas had less infected. No longer being able to obtain all the necessities
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