Essays on Medieval Europe

During romance in England, customs were more than prayer and thanks. In the modern sense of the term, they have referred more to their customs than to politeness, to the way people behave, to their character, to their expression and to their sincere appeal. In...

There are many modern-day heroes. Those who we see as strong and brave. Those who protect us. However, where did these qualities aspire from. How do we judge if someone is noble. If someone is worth honoring. There are many attributes that contribute to this...

An important theme found throughout Beowulf and Lanval is the role of “hero”. It is the leading theme for both texts and is very crucial to the understanding of the texts. The warrior code was a crucial aspect that warriors must have acquired in Beowulf...

Medieval warfare has always been known as a violent affair, which in most researched cases is quite accurate. In the earlier period, battles constituted of opposing sides decimating land, houses and wreaking havoc and violence again civilians. Then there would sometimes be a pitched battle...

What was chivalry?  Chivalry is a religious, moral and social code which helped distinguish the higher classes from those below them and which provided a means by which knights could earn themselves a favourable reputation so that they might progress in their careers and personal...

During my childhood I had very little access to the internet so I had mostly spent my time away from the farm watching TV and reading books, and I had grown an interest in knights but I had never been able to actually do research...

English Literature during the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s focused mainly on death. This paper discusses how death and dying are presented in the literature. “A wide range of texts, principally but not exclusively from the English language tradition, is used to illustrate themes. Broad categories...

Throughout A Tale of Two Cities and the French Revolution, there were four extremely important prisons that housed many important people and played a key role in the Revolution. These prisons were the La Force, the Bastille, the La Conciergerie, and the Tower of London....

Meaning of the renaissance? Is a cultural and artistic movement in England that extended from the early 16th century until the early 17th century. This renaissance is an extension of the general renaissance in Europe, which back many historians to Tuscany in the fourteenth century....

During Medieval Times, a disease that spread like wildfire killing family, friends, and so on had many names, but it is most commonly known as the black plague. In Western Europe, around 1348 the black plague began to kill off millions of people being close...

The bubonic plague was one of the worst and deadliest pandemics in human history, killing millions of people on three continents due to the agonizing, highly contagious disease. This occurred throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (Dean, et al., 2018). Although the plague...

Introduction The history of medicine has come a long way, from the art of bleeding to surgeries so incomprehensibly fine that only the most trained professionals could think of conducting. The art of medicine arguably begins with the understanding of diseases, and the grasping of...

Black Plague had numerous titles, such as the Black Death, Bubonic Plague, and the Dark Plague. The Black Plague hit with speed and no thought for whom it hit. This disease was the most fatal catastrophe in the past to the mid 14th century, killing...

A silent killer that appeared out of nowhere and wiped out over a third of Europe’s population with some place’s losing entire cities. The black death was an epidemic like no one had ever seen before and hopefully will never see again. So, with an...

The feudal system growth in European society while the medieval era 800 to 1600s, in contrast the feudal System of Japan started in 1000 to 1868. Feudalism is used all around different areas of the world. Due to its arrangement of the government, The European...

Amid the Renaissance Man’s view on man changed. This view transformed from an increasingly religious view, where as the Renaissance’s view on man was progressively centered around the man himself. It demonstrated the potential and achievements of what man had done. This was appeared through...

During the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed the man’s view of man and the world. The Middle Ages have lasted from the fall of Rome to at least the 14th century. At this time, the Catholic Church was the dominant force in Europe, and most...

Until 60 years ago, the Marxist interpretation of the origins of the French Revolution was the most widely accepted in society – so widely accepted that it was often called the Classic interpretation. By using this interpretation, the revolution was looked upon as the result...

Did you know that a loaf of bread costed a week’s salary for 98% of the population, which mainly included peasants, in France during the French Revolution? The French Revolutions, one of the major Revolutions in all of Europe showing a concept of inequality, started...