High Middle Ages

economic, and military institution known as feudalism slowly developed in the High Middle Ages as an attempt to bring some order to the politically fragmented world of medieval Europe. At the same time, new national monarchies emerged in England, France, Germany, and Spain; they owed their success to citizen participation and loyalty. One could make the bold claim that perhaps the modern nation-state was born during the High Middle…

During the Middle Ages, churches had most of the power in society and it established the social classes of society. The three social classes were the noble class (high class), the clergy (middle class), and the labors (lower class). The churches influenced almost everything, the church took care of education, prayers and masses, taking care of people sick or poor. As years passed by reformations were taking place and changes to government, religion, and society were changing which would lead…

Despite the heretical view of Eriugena’s writing by subsequent Christian philosophers, the Early Middle Ages made great strides in the area of logic. In fact, Spade (2016) notes that one may regard the Early Middle Age as being: one of the three great, original periods in the history of logic [and] the peculiarly medieval contributions to logic were developed and cultivated to a very high degree. It was no longer a matter of interpreting Aristotle, or commenting on the works of the “Old Logic”…

effected a small amount of very wealthy people and those who they chose to sponsor. Therefore, it may have been a revival from the Dark Ages, but only for a small percentage of the population. This argument is extreme because although it is true that notable artists during the Renaissance were few and far between, many people were still able to break away from the Dark Ages to some degree. One example of this is how serfs were able to create a new merchant…

was an era in European history immediately following the Middle Ages. Generally, the Renaissance spanned from the 14th to the 16th centuries, spreading across Europe from its birthplace in Italy. It is often considered a time of enlightenment: where the world became a new place, and many new improved ideas and beliefs formed. During this time, scholars began to look to the ideals of the ancient philosophers of the classical world, a time of high standards and of human achievement. The…

Feudalism, England’s alternative to a government during the Middle Ages, played a significant role in the age of war and monarchs, and in some ways continues to have a role in today’s government. The workings of feudalism are simple. A king, or lord, gives land, also known as fiefs, ownership to nobles, also known as vassals, and in return for the king’s overall protection, the vassals would be responsible for providing their support and defense in the form of knights. In reciprocation for their…

Towards the end of the Middle Ages in around 1100, a period of castle-building and sieges emerged in Medieval Europe. This formed a new type of warfare called Siege Warfare. This way of fighting featured gigantic, heavily-defended castles and armies of men with multiple weapons in an attempt to siege a castle. A castle is a large, medieval fortress that housed lords, a King and Queen, Knights and other groups of people. Thousands of castles were built in places throughout Europe, such as Italy,…

Then they would start to have a high fever and would have really bad pain. They would vomit and blood would fill the lungs. They would see death really quick once they had these symptoms. In the middle ages most of the people were sick. Children were the worse they would be sick then would finally get rid of the bug then they would get it again. Mosquitos would carry…

Knight Armory). The earliest clubs and bludgeons, with rocks mounted on top, are considered to be types of maces (Dark Knight Armory). The mace became popular in the twelfth century and was used in jousting both through the medieval ages and the renaissance (Medieval Middle Ages). It was both used as a close contact weapon, and also on horseback (Medieval Life). The mace was the first weapon designed to kill humans, instead of being used to hunt (Dark Knight Armory). The mace is in the group of…

The fourteenth century in Europe was a time of calamity and disorder for the medieval system. At this time, the cultured High Middle Ages had come to an end and the “crisis of the fourteenth century” was beginning. This ‘crisis’ included the multitude of factors which greatly contributed to the dissolution of the medieval way of life. Originating around Italy, various types of embroilment made their way across Europe, leading to unrest and changes in thinking. The ultimate fall of medieval…