HIS220 September 12th 2013 - Medieval: o A period in between classical antiquity and modernity. o Seen as a nasty period. o Those living in that era saw themselves as living in the Middle Ages. • Between Heaven and Hell‚ a “Middle Earth”. - History o When/Where/Why did things take place? - Middle Ages + Romans divided Day into 2 12 hour periods. o Day and night o Equinox: Means periods are almost the same. o In January‚ the further north you are‚ the longer the nights. o Prime –
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Around 1330‚ about 5% of the population could read or write and peasants weren’t expected to be literate‚ to ensure no education for the peasants‚ some lords created laws to ban peasants from getting educated. Currently‚ nearly 85% of Americans have ever received an education but‚ centuries ago the numbers were reversed: less than one out of ten people had ever received any sort of education. Through the Middle ages‚ Boys from rich households were sent to one of three schools: The elementary song-school
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To understand the literature of the medieval period‚ you must first understand the medieval world. Song of Roland and Dante’s Inferno clearly state two major medieval values as to how humans should act. Starting around the 14th century‚ European thinkers‚ writers and artists began to look back and celebrate the art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. Then‚ they dismissed the period after the fall of Rome as a “Middle” or even “Dark” age in which no exact accomplishments had been made‚ no great
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Societies that were present by 15th century – hunters and gatherers‚ villages of agricultural peoples‚ newly emerging chiefdoms or small sates‚ nomadic/pastoral communities‚ established civilizations and empires. Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America Paleolithic=Old Stone Age peoples Australia‚ Siberia‚ the arctic coastlands‚ parts of Africa‚ and the Americas were all Paleolithic peoples Australia had 250 or so separated groups in it Despite the absence of agriculture‚ Australia’s
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English 300 Dr. Clemons April 21‚ 2013 Maria_antwanette@yahoo.com Outline: I. Introduction: Introduce and provide information on the book Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman. II. Thesis: Wideman was affected by a wide range of challenges. While he wrote under such unbearable conditions‚ it is convincing that one could take a cultural studies approach to examine the hardships of poverty and the racist mindsets that had taken place during the time in which he wrote. III. Body:
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only to face another personal setback—his neighbor and fiancée Elmira Royster had become engaged to someone else. Heartbroken and frustrated‚ Poe left the Allans. At first‚ Poe seemed to be harboring twin aspirations. Poe published his first book‚ Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827‚ and he had joined the army around this time. Poe wanted to go to West Point‚ a military academy‚ and won a spot there in 1830. Before going to West Point‚ he published a second collection Al Aaraaf‚ Tamberlane‚ and Minor
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that ruler. Many of these were extravagant such as Louis the 14th‚ otherwise known as the Sun King. His portrait served as a show of his extreme wealth from his elegant blue clothing that was stitched with the Fleur de Lis‚ to wearing the sword of Charlemagne as a show of power. Elizabeth the First’s Coronation portrait was not very different‚ her portrait also displayed her wealth and power in a solitary and almost reserved manner. Beginning with the globe that
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Do the Dark Ages deserve to be called dark? People believe that the Dark Ages lived up to its name. They tend to use the term Dark Ages‚ because many people died due to the Black Plague‚ crusades‚ and wars. There was also a large loss of knowledge during the Dark Ages. A large portion of the population forgot how to read and write‚ and inventions like cement were lost as well. Although‚ the majority of people in the Dark Ages forgot knowledge‚ the Dark Ages were not that dark‚ because the monasteries
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need trade to run their manors as most were self-sustaining‚ so none tried to improve the traveling situation. This caused traveling among the general populous to decrease‚ and in turn‚ trading decreased. 2. The first “Holy Roman Emperor” was Charlemagne although he was originally crowned as “Emperor of the Romans” before the Roman Empire fell. He was dubbed “Holy Roman Emperor” after the Holy Roman Empire rose. The Roman Catholic Church was one of the sole central and unifying establishments in
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