Middle Ages
The period in European History from approximately 476 AD to 1453. It began when the classical antiquity period ended (due to the fall of the Roman empire), lasting until the Renaissance.
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The term "Dark Ages" has been obsolete and out of use since the 1970s. No historian ever uses that term any more. It was never...
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The heavily armed mounted soldiers were called knights in English. The old term was cataphracts. The word in French was...
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In Western Europe: Traditional schools for primary education were run by the Church in most places, though in the Late Middle...
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The word village comes from the Latin word villa. It has existed in the English language since the Middle Ages. An Anglo Saxon...
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The dates historians use for the beginning of the Dark Ages vary a good deal, from about 400 AD, or even earlier, to about 500...
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Yes and no, depending on what you mean by the Black Death. Historically, the Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague that...
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The Middle Ages began in the 5th century and end in the 15th century.
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On each of his manors, a knight (baron) would allow some of the farm land to be held by the peasants for growing their own crops,...
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The medieval economy is driven by farming, and wealth was generally tied to the control of land. This type of economy is known as...
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for the people who was their enemy had greater Armour and weapons
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Whoever was related to the person who died would bury them. Or if someone died nearby they would bury them with their relatives...
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You are probably thinking of the Vikings. They were not a single group though, coming in several different groups. The last...
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because a farmer needed someone to talk to too forgive his sins
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Not an expert, but i'd asume so from what i know. Since it was scientists who came up with a proper cure people would of trusted...
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Not all houses were of wood. Most manor houses and the homes of wealthy merchants were built of stone. The houses of the poor...
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Gross.
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Well they aren't poor, they did have fire to melt the metal they had and make it into a knife or sword. They also had wood to...
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tey cooked food for the king and the lord
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mosty fines like 6d and 2s(d=pounds and s=shillings)there was also the stocks where people threw rotton vegdiables and the bad...
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The real medieval term in Middle English was God spede, meaning "good luck". Spede is the Middle English word for luck or...
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Some roads were essentially the remains of roads built by the Romans, consisting of a series of layers of gravel and clay topped...
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The middle class was the bourgeoisie, which consisted mainly of highly skilled craftsmen and also merchants. MoreThe...
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AnswerIn every age of man since the creation of the fist weapons have been used for defensive and offensive campaigns ranging...
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After the black death trade started to pick up in cities in Eroupe. The local cities began to trade more and more. Also, the long...
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Perhaps the most commonly used dates for the Dark Ages are 476 to 1000 AD. The term Dark Ages is used for a time when there was...
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In Britain, the medieval period spans the time from the departure of the Romans in the mid-5th century to the mid-15th century. ...
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the black death was famous because it killed millions of people.
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AnswerThe main reason that the church was so powerful was because the church was had so much money and land. AnswerThe...
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The medieval period, or Middle Ages, were a time from 476 to 1453, with a lot of give and take on the dates. The Middle Ages...
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To fight for the king or to protect the king AnswerKnights existed in ancient times. They were the heavy cavalry, and the...
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The same reason why we have weapons today! to either kill the next guy or to stop the next guy from killing you.
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Estimates run from 4,000 to 7,000, but apparently it was close to the high end of this range. Answer I am finding figures...
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Answerminstrel is the name of a medieval musician
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Renaissance was the beginning/rebirth of art, science, culture, etc. during the end of the 14th century till the 17th century....
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Because of the societies deep belief in the church, when holy officials became infected and died, peoples beliefs faltered and...
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Such things were called relics.Since Jesus Christ was an itinerant preacher, He owned little besides the clothes on His back....
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Haven't you ever seen the movie trilogy "The Lord of the Rings"? If you haven't you should immediately watch, as it's a perfect...
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During the Middle Ages, people drew water from streams or wells or even man-made canals, ditches, rain barrels or cisterns. This...
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Feudalism came about as a system that provided government and security in an time when a strong centralized government had...
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An abbot is the leader of a Monastery. IF the leader was a woman, she was called the abbess.
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1st Answer:In the middle ages girls mostly were born, learned how to run a household, got married had children and began the...
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Minstrels performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places. Many minstrels were also storytellers, jugglers,...
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Not a Radioactive snowy wasteland
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Beer, wine and mead were the most common things. And beer was made in several strengths, including 'small beer' which was...
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ANSWERA steward had to keep records of who comes in and out of the manor and he also had to keep track of finances and assets. If...
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The Black Death started in Asia, though we do not know where. Before it reached Europe, it had already killed millions of people...
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Wattle and daub. Same as tudors- mostly.
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Smoking,coffee,and death (-) (-)
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Usually they isolated the person so they didn't catch it too. No-one knew of a cure, but that didn't stop medieval doctors giving...
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Girls wore long dresses from their necks to their anklesBoys wore leather boots, big heavy jackets and had tights on
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1st Answer None to speak of except crop rotation - the improvements in agrarian practice mainly came after the Middle Ages. The...
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attend to business matters in relation to his land hear reports on rents, taxes, dues and crops hear disputes/cases concerning...
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Cardiff Castle was built by Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester, on a site once used by the Romans for a fort. The castle's...
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Guilds were organizations of merchants and artisans who regulated local markets by controlling the price, quality, production,...
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In regard to the countries you mentioned, as you suggested in the question, there are indeed Catholics in the Middle East that...
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I think a lot of people, particularly those who lived in the Middle Ages, would say the most important powers of the Church...
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men: hooded cloak(bad weather) tunic skirt belt breeches with feet clumsy leather shoes women: coarse tunic knee-length...
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The Black Death was called the Great Pestilence, Great Plague, or Great Mortality in the Middle Ages. The term Black Death came...
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Grain, peas, fava beans, nuts, seed for planting, and similar products could be simply dried and stored in pots with lids to keep...
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a wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels
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Answerhe did WHATEVER the king wanted him to do! Answerthe jester was supposed to entertain the people at the grand feast...
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Conquest, acquisition of land, honor and, most of all, power.
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Peasants, Merchants, Knights,Kings? Queens, And above them all is the pope
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The Black Death killed many of the nobles' people (the serfs). This caused them to realize how much they actually need them. It...
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They wore black robes. Answer: No priest wore black robes. The first answer confuses priests with monks, who were not generally...
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Fortification and protection. Most castles in Europe are found on hills or are surrounded by moats for protection from enemy...
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He died of pleurisy in Aachen on the 21 January 814.
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Ate them, mostly. Mainly, they ate them.
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The Middle Ages Ended 1500 A.D. ----- Though 1453 is the most commonly used date for the end of the Middle Ages, different...
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In the Middle Ages, many kingdoms had laws granting sanctuary, or a right of asylum, to churches and monasteries. These laws...
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The Byzantine Empire was in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, and continued following the fall of Rome in the west. The city...
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The staple foods for most people of Europe of the Middle Ages were cereals, mainly rye, barley, oats, millet, and buckwheat....
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Bathrooms didn't exist, but they had outhouses in towns and peasants went in a chamberpot or a bucket, while in castles and rich...
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It's called a foule- bordeau, also some times referd to as a cap n bells.
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In the middle ages peasants had quite a number of jobs/responsibilities ... They had to work on the farms and look after the...
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a midevil merchant class town dweller is a man who sold products in that era and lived in a town with class and dwelled on his...
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1st Answer:Backward and isolated when compared with Chinese and Islamic societies.2nd Answer:European society of the 1400s was...
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They lived in castles of their lord.
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The Muslims reacted in a more religious manner than blaming. They prayed to their almighty Allah and believed that the Plauge was...
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The Nika Riots took place in Constantinople in 532. There was a lot of unrest at the time because of high taxes and wars. ...
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1st Answer The longbow was actually founded and used by the English but it was really invented by the people of Wales. 2nd...
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nobles often ate meat while peasants didn't. Nobles learnt to read and write while peasants didn't.
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Tailors made and repaired clothing.
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A travelling singer or poet was called a bard, minstrel, troubadour (m) or trobairitz (f), Trouvère, minnesinger, jongleur,...
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People in armour with a closed helmet were unrecognizable - evn, from a distance, with an open helmet. A leader needed his men to...
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Often people took out big steel pots and placed them on the fire in their kitchen or hung them on a chain over the fire. People...
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Well most people in that age couldn't read or write. So it served as a visual way to teach people about Catholicism and the...
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Dukes were the rulers of the provinces and the superiors of the counts in the cities and later, in the feudal monarchies, the...
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serfs coulndn't be sold or bought. they were higher then slaves in position ----- Serfdom and slavery were two entirely...
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Geoffrey Chaucer lived from 1343 to 1400, during the Late Middle Ages. He is noteworthy as the father of English...
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so it shows he can boss everyone around
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Charlemagne had a bunch of children, including several sons. His successor was his son, Louis the Pious.
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