Essays on Middle Ages

Throughout the medieval time period intellectual life suffered greatly, and it is visible in how the people lived. During what was once “The dark ages” (now medieval times) there was much despair and poverty, and money was unevenly balanced between lower classes and higher classes....

Feudalism was the leading way of political and economic life in the Medieval era. Monarchs, like kings and queens, maintained control and power by the support of other powerful people called lords. Lords were always men who owned extravagant homes, called manors, and estates in...

During the medieval times, weapons and armor played a crucial role in survival and living in all social classes and kinds of people. Amor and weapons were used by all armies from the medieval times. All men were expected to know how to fight. They...

The clothing of the Middle Ages, like everything else was decided by the pyramid of power. The pyramid of power was the Middle Ages Feudal System. Medieval clothes provided information about the rank of the person wearing them. From the 11th through the 14th centuries,...

The medieval manor in the twelfth century was the domain of the lord and his occupants. The cultivable land suitable for farming was divided into a demesne, where the yields went to the lord, and a larger portion which went to the peasants. All the...

Practices of the Middle Ages emphasized the importance of Christian beliefs, as Christianity was thought to be the most powerful and undeniable force. When the Crusades were commissioned by the Pope, information was brought back and ultimately rebirthed Europe’s thinking and artwork, signaling the Renaissance...

The Crusades were a series of religious wars by the Latin church in the medieval period. The most known Crusades were the groups in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim rule. At the time of the early Crusades the word...

The fall of the Roman Empire was the first steps of Monasteries in the third century. A young man named Saint Anthony led and taught the teachings of Christ in Western Europe. Saint Anthony led a worldly routine to follow Christ’s life as fully as...

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...

During the Medieval Ages, there were many different views or types of kingship in Europe. Spain itself had varying kingships even within each of its own Peninsular Kingdoms. Castile-Leon, for example, was the one of most powerful kingdoms in Spain and possessed a view kingship...

The Middle Ages paved the way for musical creation. The music began simple in its form, simple in melody and harmonies, or combination of musical sounds being played at the same time. The first form of music was the Gregorian Chant. It was very simple...

Feudalism, also known as feudality or feudal system, was a political, economic and social system that flourished in medieval Europe during the Middle Ages between the 9th and 15th centuries. Feudalism emerged as a result of the decentralisation of empires, especially the Carolingian empire. Feudalism...

Feudalism was the way of life for people in the Middle Ages. Some people, like the royalty and nobles, supported and liked feudalism. Others, like serfs and slaves, did not enjoy feudalism. Everybody in society was involved with feudalism. Some parts of society were involved...

As time proceeds and generations pass, people and their points of views constantly change, these changes in the mind alter the world as well as impacts culture in aspects like religion and politics. These very changes in the past, make up history and that concept...

Within the Middle Ages there were countless wars to be found. There was however, one war in particular which would remain in the World’s history books as one of the bloodiest wars of the Middle Ages. England and France have never had any sort of...

In this essay, I will be reviewing my sources to conclude whether William of Normandy’s victory was informed by tactics, luck or Harold’s shortcomings. Prior to the Battle of Hastings, there were two battles: The Battle of Fulford Gate (20 September) where Harald and Tostig...

According the stories of Boccaccio, Margery Kempe, and Abelard and Heloise, it can easily be assumed that religion, culture, and social life in medieval Europe did bring restrictions to the activities of women. Although some women who lived in medieval Europe do show cases of...

Medieval Europe shared some similarities with medieval Japan, yet they also shared conflicts. One including their soldier or their warriors, those who struggled for their land. In medieval Europe they took horses and in Japan they took samurais, they fought in different ways. They were...

The emergence and spread of Christianity can be dated back to the 31st to 33rd A.D when Jesus Christ embarked on his mission to spread the Good news to the Jewish population which was gradually spread globally by the apostles and missionaries. This mission was...

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...

Films about the Middle Ages are inherently modern creations. They tend to reflect the concerns and preoccupations of their modern context rather than those of the people who lived throughout the Middle Ages. One could argue that it is natural for contemporary issues to influence...

On July 14, 17, the common people of France attacked the Bastille, which was a prison in France that represented the royal authority in France; the riot revealed the Third Estate’s resentment toward the absolute monarchy. Prior to the revolution, the French were deprived of...

The Knights of Medieval Europe and Samurai of Shogunate Japan shared a number of similar characteristics such as a strict code of behaviour which emphasised honour and loyalty, and both were mounted warriors that relied heavily on their swords. However, the Samurai also had the...

I live in Charlotte North Carolina, in mecklenburg county. Growing up I was never taught the history of charlotte or even mecklenburg county, so I had to take matters into my own hands. While researching influential people from mecklenburg county I stumbled across the Brevard...

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...

There are many similarities and many differences between the musical masses of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Some of the comparisons may include: texture, rhythm, melody, and harmony. Today I am going to compare the masses between these time periods. A mass is a...

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...

While the chivalric code has rarely taken the shape of a formal code of conduct, its effects can be observed in the way medieval life was shaped from the way wars were waged to the way nobility behaved. The original meaning of the word “chivalric”...

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...

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...