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Middle Ages- In history, the Middle Ages is the period of time between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters (the Renaissance). Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.
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...thumb|300px|Ninth-century depiction of with popes Gelasius I and Gregory the Great]The Middle Ages of European history (adjectivial form: medieval or mediæval) is a period of international history covering roughly a millennium in the 5th century through 16th centuries. It is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and contrasted with a later Early Modern Period; the time during which the Reformation and the rise of humanism in the Italian Renaissance unfolded are generally associated with the transition out of the Middle Ages, with European overseas expansion as a succeeding process, but such dates are approximate and based upon nuanced arguments. Read full entry
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Middle Ages???
I'm confused on a few
questions so I need your help
to answer them. Thank You So
Much!
1. What is the difference
between the Roman Empire and
the Holy Roman Empire?
2. What were the connections
between the Holy Roman Empire
and the church?
3. Why were strong kings rare
and central government
generally missing under the
feudal system?
4.How did the church use the
powers of excommunication and
interdiction in maintaining
its power?
5. Who belonged to each of the
3 estates of the medieval
european society and what was
the primary duty of a member
of each state? How was this
different from the social
classes in modern society?
6. Why was the social
structure of Europe challenged
by the growinng number of free
towns people and the changing
economy?
7. How was the education
learning and knowledge of
europe perserved during the
lowest point of the middle
ages the so called dark ages?
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1. The Roman Empire was an Italy-based empire which was overthrown by Odoacer in 476. The Holy Roman Empire was a confederation of mostly German states lasting from the 9th Century to 1806. 2. Many of the early Holy Roman Emperors were crowned by the Pope and most claimed to derive their legitimacy from the approval of the Church. 3. The feudal system consisted of powerful local nobles administering their own territories and forming a loose confederation led by a king or other high noble. A powerful central state would overwhelm local authority and place the major power in the hands of the king or his servants, rather than leaving feudal nobles to their own affairs. 4. Faithful Catholics accepted that the Church hierarchy had the authority to declare who had earned salvation and who had not, so disobedience from a commoner or a king could be punished by the withdrawal of that person from salvation. In the case of kings, many, if not all, claimed that they held their power by the grace of God: If a Pope or Archbishop excommunicated a king, he was also stripped of God's authorization, and the people of the kingdom were encouraged to remove such a king. 5. First Estate: the Clergy. Its duty was to administer religious rites, lead the people in a righteous life and judge the piety of all persons. Second Estate: the nobility. Its duty was to rule over the populace, protect the realm and make war. Third Estate: the common people. Its duty was to obey the first and second estates, labor, pay taxes and farm. 6. With the growing number of free townspeople and the changing economy some members of the third estate grew in power and wealth and some members of the second estate declined in one or both. The authority of the first estate held strong for some time, but the unquestioning nature of obedience to it came under strain. 7. Ancient knowledge was preserved in two manners. Some was preserved in foreign lands, particularly those within the Muslim Caliphate, which had retained a higher culture and literacy than was common in the European Dark Ages. A great deal of learning, scientific documents and literacy was preserved in the Catholic monasteries. |
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What is the difference between What is the difference between
the Middle Ages, the Medieval
Ages and the Dark Ages? Why
were they called the Middle
Ages, the Medieval Ages and
the Dark Ages?
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The sacking of Rome in 410 AD by Alaric, leader of the Visigoths caused the gradual fall of the Western Roman Empire. By 476 AD the last Roman Emperor was deposed, beginning a new era, this being the Middle Ages. It is also referred to as "Medieval" in history, so the two terms are alike. The Dark ages is simply a word used to describe the early Middle Ages from 476 AD to approximately 1000 AD. It is named the Dark Ages because it was a specific period of time where there was very little technological development or advances in knowledge, where the quality of life for the people was moving backwards and they suffered as a result. There are several theories as to when the Middle Ages declined and the Renaissance period started. 1. The capture of Constantinople in 1453 AD by Mehmed II, a General of the Ottoman Empire effectively neutralizing the Eastern Roman Empire. 2. The discovery of "The Americas" in 1492 AD by Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus. 3. The widespread use of gunpowder, making the icon of the Medieval era (castles) become obsolete. 4. The Black Death ravaged Europe in 1347 AD, killing millions and efficiently destroying the Feudal system, which provided the basis for society in Medieval times. Glad to help, if you need any additional information, just ask. |
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In the Middle Ages, what I don't understand exactly
what the difference was
between different levels of
nobility in the Middle Ages,
such as Duke and Count and
Baron, and the lands that they
controlled. Was it that a
Duchy was made up of Counties,
and Counties of Baronies, and
that their respective rulers
ruled the nobles below them?
Or was it just that the higher
levels got more respect than
the levels below them, without
any essential difference in
power, money, or land owned?
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There were no hard and fast rules. It was sort of made up as they went along. I'm serious. If you read any fealty oaths, they were nuts. You might preserve your right to fight on behalf of this Duke, unless he went up against this Duke, in which case you'd send so many knights to this lord, and so many knights to this lord, and it goes on and on. It's for this reason that being a courtier was an artform. Every situation was different and every nobleman's relationship with and to the King was unique. Typically, a Duke is as high as you can get. They also normally have more say in their lands than a Baron or Count. But, like all titles, it all depends on their King or Queen. One could gain a title just with a generous gift to the King and not gain any new land or powers. Everyone served at the pleasure of the King, so a noble is only as powerful as he is allowed to be. (Or can force himself to be, if his army is large enough) |
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