Western Europe is an important component when dealing with the history of Orientation and Mobility. Since Western Europe contains many different countries‚ just France‚ Italy‚ and Greece will be discussed in detail as well as the overall‚ general information of Western Europe. Western Europe’s culture plays a role in the history of Orientation and Mobility and the following information will play a role in my future career as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Western Europe’s top religion
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B - After the Western Roman Empire fell‚ European society became organized under feudalism. Feudalism is a system in which a king rules over all people‚ and has nobles or knights that own portions of land‚ in which the taxes are given to the king. Underneath both the king and the nobles are the common people‚ who work for the nobels. This system benefitted European society as it had an economic use‚ a political use‚ and a social use. D - On Christmas Day in 800 CE‚ Charlemagne was named the first
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Vikings in the Middle Ages Take that Christopher Columbus; the Vikings landed in America first. The Vikings were ruthless‚ nomadic‚ people. Despite being known as warriors‚ they were smart inventors. Religion was a tremendous part in daily Viking life. From 800‚ to 1066 A.D.‚ the Vikings raided cities and towns all over Europe. In that time period‚ many Scandinavians left their homelands‚ to seek their fortune elsewhere‚ and joined them. The Vikings were famous for traveling massive distances. Not
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Nicole Williams MUS 110 IN2 Unit 2 Writing Assignment Some distinctive stylistic features of the Middle Ages were monophonic styles and polyphonic styles. Church modes were the scales of western music during the Middle Ages. They are like the major and minor scales that consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first octave higher. The Gregorian chant was the official music for the Roman Catholic Church for over a thousand years. The Gregorian chant has some elements
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represent the values of people and became a method of self-expression. Clothing started Europe has consistently been a center for innovations in culture and fashion. With every major event that occurred‚ there was a similar change in the previous garments. Therefore‚ the society and attitudes of each time period are reflected in the fashions and style of European citizens. Basic fashion began in the middle ages‚ or which consisted of the fifth through
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Antisemitism in the Middle Ages is an example of how discrimination progresses‚ starting with rumors and lies that manifest themselves in public sentiments‚ sentiments
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1. UNIVERSITY IN MIDDLE AGES 1.1 Origin of the University The main reason for the establishment of the universities in Europe was a spontaneous and enthusiastic desire for knowledge. Centres of learning had grown up from the monastic and cathedral schools - formed what might be called the secondary school system of the early Middle Ages - and were mostly concerned with the study of the liturgy and prayer. Towards the end of the twelfth century a few of the greatest old cathedral‚ monastic or
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Early Western Scientists Brittany M. Singleton Honors 201 Newberry College Early Western Scientists The Renaissance era is known to be the era of “rebirth”. This “rebirth” began in Italy in the fourteenth century and spread north‚ including England‚ to other countries by the sixteenth century (Anonymous C 2013). The Renaissance was more than just a reawakening‚ this time period brought new discoveries both geographically and intellectually. Renaissance thinkers often associated
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of England‚ Europe and the World. From 1042 until his
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Middle Ages Dates: 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? 2. Who or what had the power? 3. Who were learned or literate? 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? 6. Was most medieval music vocal? 7. What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? 8. When chant was notated‚ was the rhythm notated or
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