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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Most people of the Middle Ages were serfs, and if they committed crimes, the crimes were probably minor. Such crimes were dealt...
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Yes. In the Middle Ages, long terms of imprisonment (over 6 months) were usually only for 'important personages'. The most common...
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Burned Popped them with a red hot poker
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a pesent that was born for free without hospital costs a peasant who is not born a slave, aka they get paid(in vegetables,...
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The degree of freedom medieval people had is a complicated issue. There was slavery in the Middle Ages, but it was condemned...
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The agricultural estate is called a manor.
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The ironmonger of the middle ages would have been the local blacksmith. Metal working was divided into may specialties and...
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the lessening of religious control.
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I believe by today's standards for most it was very unpleasant - Dirty, disease ridden, oppressive and probably short....
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very small Answer Serfs' homes were different from time to time and place to place, but usually they were, as the first...
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increased growth of towns and cities
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The rise in the production of fecal matter in the Germanic Areas made the Franks and surrounding tribes to migrate around due to...
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There were no porters in the middle ages. 2nd Answer: That is not correct. A porter was a servant or official in charge of a...
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Yes, they could. There were very few women who were knights in the Middle Ages, but there were indeed some. In Catalonia in 1149...
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Most medieval buildings either did not have heat or were heated with fires built on hearths or in braziers. The fires were...
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hotter climates. in colder climates it tended to die out quickly, and spread less.
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All medieval clothing was limited only by the range of available natural dye pigments and by its cost; a queen could afford to...
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Charlemagne's Empire was created legally when Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800. The Empire...
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The egyptians invented the ship.THE FIRST SHIP WAS INVENTED BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS IN 535 B.C.
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1st Answer: Women had no rights and were not treated very well. The peasant woman would take care of the children, cook the...
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King John had new kitchens built at Ludgershall in Wiltshire early in the thirteenth century specifying, that they had to have...
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The Black Death, which ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1352, started in central Asia. It caused widespread death and suffering in...
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1000 years. From 410 AD to 1400.
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many people got it without even knowing they had. so when sick people started leaving their homes, the disease spread even more
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Written rules for sports were a thing of the modern age, and in the Middle Ages standard rules did not exist. Football was played...
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Many noble women had no rights, only the privileges granted by fathers or husbands. Generally though, they were educated and...
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To become a nun, peasant woman would go to a convent and say she wanted to be one. This did not automatically make her a nun,...
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I Dont Know, Lookin To Find That Out Myself =(
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A great many young women died in childbirth during that time period. Not getting married saved women from having to go through...
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No institution had complete control over the lives of people of the Middle Ages. I know there are a lot of people who would like...
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Medieval peasants weren't just farmers, many were blacksmiths, goldsmiths or fishmongers. Farmers would work with the animals in...
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1st Answer: Role of a Medieval Bailiff A medieval bailiff was the peasants representative to the lord, and was a free man. He...
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I think we could date the Middle Ages in Romania as beginning in 275 AD, when the Roman army withdrew from Dacia under pressure...
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at around about 2:00
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English medieval bows, including longbows, were used for archery practice, in hunting and in warfare. Archery practice was held...
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WikiAnswers will not do your homework for you. Nor will it write your discussion paper, critiques or essays. That is considered...
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Medieval Heraldry is the rules for making a coat of arms. The coat of arms show who you are and what you are fighting for. The...
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Ghenghis Khan conquered China and established the Chinese Yuan Dynasty. Ghenghis Khan became an emperor in the Chinese tradition...
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Chivalry is a code that knights in the medieval times had to follow. Knights had to risk their lives and make sacrifices to help...
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Basic information. Charlemagne (742- 814) was a Frankish King that was so powerful that he conquered most of everything.
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The Germanic tribes that invaded the Roman Empire, eventually breaking it up, consisted of armies and their families, following a...
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AnswerMore protein than the common people, e.g. lampreys rabbits pigeons AnswerMeat, and lots of it! This was the...
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In England it's usually thought to be 1066 -1500. --- Those who use these dates usually call the period from 476 to 1066 the...
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There were knights in the Roman Republic, and there are still knights today.As mounted cavalry, knights were pretty much obsolete...
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Medieval Muslims had horses, camels, donkeys, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, and probably a number of others....
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no it wasn't easy. but it was easier for the Early Moderns (the TUdors etc. ) to move from one class to the other!
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It would take a very large book to answer your question fully, since so many plants were used in so many different ways. In...
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There was only one organization that had broad authority over most of western Europe during the Middle Ages, which was the...
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That very much depends on the precise time period, since musical instruments are one of the many things that changed quickly...
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AnswerOf course they did! problably not too often though; Must have washed about every week... MoreMedieval peasants...
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Waves of horse warriors from the steppes from the 3rd century b.c. settled in the middle east. Established empires by the 6th...
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The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance existed from 1373.
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they went to church and prayed in large cathedrals
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People want to feel secure in the idea that things happen for reasons. When science cannot explain things, they often turn to...
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A cathedral is a church having the seat of a bishop. It is the site of the administrative center of a diocese, which is a...
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the desire to eliminate wealth and corruption from the church
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They were used to protect and increase their prifits
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Many of the people who lived in medieval villages were serfs, and there were times when serfs worked in exchange for rent and...
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women in the middle ages mostly wore their hair up in a head piece would hold it or if they wanted it down they put it in a head...
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The colors allowed for various ranks varied widely from time to time and place to place. For example, there were times and places...
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To provide a refuge for people of the Quaker religion.
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service and loyalty to the greater lord
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In medieval times they would own land and then rent it out to peasants who would farm on it. They would also generslly have a...
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Improve my Awnser if you knowThe plague still exists but is curable now.The worst of it came in several waves for the 14th to the...
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The leader of the tribe
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The missi dominici were the representatives of the king in parts of the kingdom to distant from the capital for him to visit...
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Probably the greatest difference between medieval art and the art of the Renaissance is that Renaissance artists wanted to be...
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The three field system seems to have been supplanting the older two field system during the time of Charlemagne. The improvement...
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The same place they sing today....The Kitchen of course!
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They suffered a lot of pain and acted as slaves most of the time. They had NO money and could not afford any good clothes....
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Some wealthy or important people who died in the Black Death included the following: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, famous painter...
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A vassal was a person who had gone into a mutual obligation with a monarch or feudal lord. The monarch or lord got the vassal's...
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First you would get bitten by a flee, Then you would get a fever and start throwing up. After that you would find a large buboe...
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Christianity was the main one, but there were also Jews, Muslims, and more. Answer To add to that Roman Catholicism was...
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they died from it. usually anyway, not many survived it! Altho we don't have clear numbers, it appears that about a third of...
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1. Something that was constructed with poles intertwined with twigs, or branches. The frame-like structure was used for roofs,...
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Work and take care of the family.
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AnswerThe women wore a woolen tunic in the Roman style with linen underwear. In the winter months a cloak and a hat. Shoes were...
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First Christianity was brought to each nation's kings. The king would convert from pagan to Christian. Once the king and his...
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The list of medieval inventions is long and impressive. Here are some: the horse collar, horseshoe, and heavy plow, which...
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Philosophy was valued differently by people at different times, different place, and different cultures, within the middle ages....
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First Answer Right off the top let's make it clear that there wasn't a "France" in the middle ages. France like the rest of...
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Due to the mass wipe in population, towns and other areas weren't as crowded as they used to be. Those who survived were able to...
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Throughout most of Europe, the predominant religion for most of the Middle Ages was Christianity. During the Early Middle Ages,...
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Asia and Europe.
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Because they were often surrounded and placed under siege. The Feudal system in Europe severely limited the development...
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Although many Jews themselves died in the plague, they were accused of poisoning the wells and spreading disease. These were...
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1st Answer:esne was a medieval lowely laborer or slave this shows that a slave would sevre someone.2nd Answer: In modern English,...
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The black death appeared in Norwich in 1349, 1362 and 1369. It caused the death of over a quarter of the population.
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Medieval Japanese clothing and medieval clothing (without geographic modifier) are two very different things.When we speak of the...
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France was a feudal monarchy.
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The short answer is that the Church was most important in the preservation of learning, but there were others involved. In...
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