High Middle Ages

Throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it does not take long to notice that a certain code of conduct, or code of ethics, is very prevalent throughout the poem. The poem includes several key aspects of medieval life, especially how following the code of chivalry is a requirement for knights. The knightly code of chivalry explains the bravery of Sir Gawain that is portrayed throughout the poem. During the story, Gawain’s chivalry is continuously tested, but it is not just Gawain’s chivalry…

represents the High Renaissance period, it’s also one of the best during that time. Why is Michelangelo’s David culturally significant? What does its subject matter, theme or style tell us about the High Renaissance culture that produced it? The term Renaissance, literally means "rebirth" and is the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values. (R.A. Guisepi) The High…

Feudalism was unfair and an ineffective organizational system during the Middle Ages. Feudalism was an organized system developed by Western Europeans in around the High Middle Ages, which took place around 1000 CE. This social system is constructed upon the promises of loyalty for people in exchange for land and services. The feudal system started out with a monarch, a king or queen, who theoretically owned all the land in the kingdom. The monarch distributed fiefs, or units of land, to his…

A dramatic shift in life, and all its components, was seen throughout the Middle Ages. This shift was, most likely, due to the influence of Christian beliefs and values. The shift changed various aspects of life, such as: art, music, cultures, and literature. In "The Pardoner's Tale," written by Geoffrey Chaucer, and in "Everyman," author unknown, signs of the influence of Christian faith in the Middle Ages were present. The influence played a role in the meaning and messages in both stories.…

There were key issues affecting Europe during the late middle ages. Some of these issues caused death and some caused for a change in civilization. Good and bad came from these issues. Some of the issues were the black death, the great famine, and the peasant’s revolts. Even though those few issues played a big part during the late middle ages several other events occurred to. One of the first issues to happen during the late middle ages was the Great Famine. The Great Famine was a series of…

There was a lot of culture in the middle ages from the buildings such as the large and beautifully decorated cathedrals to laws but religion was a huge aspect of it. The Great Chain of Being, what is is you ask? It put everything and everyone in its own place such as plants, animals, humans, angels, then god being first at the top. The culture in the middle ages were revolved around their religion which was Christianity. The only religion accepted and allowed to be worshiped was Christianity…

Imagine an age of soldiers in armor riding into battle on horseback to fight for freedoms from extreme monarchies. Envision towns with roads made of stone and buildings and homes made of mud and clay with thatched roofs-- towns filled with an abundance of people making their way around to shop at the markets or traveling to distant lands to learn new languages and arts. Picture kings and queens living in castles larger than life, dressed in elaborate outfits crafted of the finest silks and…

The Late Middle Ages in Europe Around (1300-1400) B.C, a lady name Yersinia who was a foremost actor played a vital role surviving in ground-squirrel populations around the globe and was the cause of spreading plague due to her idea of killing the less convivial hosts. “The Plague did not kill off the Middle Ages, but Yersinia played a critical role in shaping its final act” (Dutton, Marchand, Harkness 299). The Fourteenth Century was a time when Europe was filled with calamities, severe weather…

This picture best fit for the theme of church in the middle Age Europe because of the drawing on the glass. Most of the peasants in Europe could not be able to read so they would often look around staring at the picture of the stain glass to tell them the story in the book. Also, because most peasant couldn’t live a pleasant life like the lord or knight, the only things they would look forward is the after life that follow after death. Since Christianity believed in the afterlife that if you do…

with why is the time 800 BC- 600 AD called The Axial Age, we look at the world axial which means “forming or relating to the axis”. Graeber uses this saying from an individual by the name Karl Jasper who finds it astounding that two great concepts like Pythagoras, Confucius, and Buddha were developed during this time, and that on three separate occasions, coinage was also established. Therefore, Jasper entitled it the Axial Age because it was the age were key ideology were created and…