THE HUNDRED YEARS ’ WAR 1337-1453 The Hundred Years War was the last great medieval war. It was a war not just between Kings‚ but lesser nobles were also able to pursue their own personal agendas while participating in the larger conflict. Future wars saw far less factionalism‚ at least on the scale found in medieval conflicts. The Hundred Years War was actually dozens of little wars and hundreds of battles and sieges that went on for over a century until both sides were exhausted
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The Hundred Years’ War‚ 1336-1453 Western Europe in 1328 CAUSES The Battle for Flanders Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. During the 1200’s‚ the upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine. (Note that beer and
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Christian pilgrims visiting there. Byzantium quickly saw the Seljuk Turks as a threat‚ and in 1071‚ met them at the Battle of Manzikert in Asia Minor. The Byzantines were slaughtered and it would not be long until the Seljuk Turks closed in on Constantinople. Byzantium’s only hope rested on the shoulders of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus who quickly raised a mercenary army to help protect Byzantium. Alexius knew‚ however‚ that this army would not be enough to hold off the Turks‚ and going against his
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how the Renaissance first started‚ one understands that it was a combination of many political‚ socio-economic and philosophical events that occurred over a short span‚ which together sparked the fire that was the Renaissance. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD occurred because of the two new trade routes (the Silk route and Spice Route) that developed. Along with the capital breaking‚ the Avignon Papacy (1305-78) that consisted of the seven Bishops of Rome were known to be partial to the French
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of San Marco after the Fourth Crusade from the Venetian booty of Constantinople and is one of the most prized glass objects of the Byzantine period (The MET). Although despite its significance to Byzantine fine art‚ the bowl’s origins‚ significance‚ and date of creation are unknown and still highly debated topics amongst art historians. However‚ many art historians believe that the bowl comes from the eleventh century in Constantinople. It is currently the only piece of painted Byzantine glass to survive
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the context and both positive and negative effects. As well as my judgement of this event of the Catholic Church today. The Great Schism is also known as East - West Schism took place in 1054. This remarkable event was led by the patriarch of Constantinople‚ Michael Cerularius and Pope Leo IX. This event separated the Eastern churches and the Western churches. The causes of the schism included political‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and social differences in the Catholic Church. One main cause was the disputes
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This essay will be devoted to my visit to my native county “Turkey”. I was born and raised in the United States. New York City. I grew up here in the United States‚ Brooklyn area. I have a mixed culture since I grew up here. My parents wanted me to have the originally Turkish culture. My parents wanted us to visit Turkey to keep with our native culture. Since I was born in the United States‚ I have never visited Turkey. In this essay‚ I will explain my first visit experience. Prior to
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important Early Christian writer | 10. Yellow Turban uprising- The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in 184 AD in China during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty | 11. Diocletian- Diocletian was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305. | 12. Constantinople- was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire‚ the Latin and the Ottoman Empire. | 13. Huns- The Huns were a group of nomadic people who first appeared from east of the Volga River | 14. Visigoths- The Visigoths were one of two main branches
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Enlightenment-> Deism Adam Smith->Malthus-> Darwin->Herbert Spencer-> Cecil Rhodes Gunpowder-> standing army-> absolute kings-> Enlightenment-> constitutional monarchy-> rise of the middle class-> liberalism-> republican government V Fall of Constantinople->age of Discovery->Enlightenment->Greek independence->the Eastern question Catherine
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“The period of really intense political and cultural activity in the Byzantine Empire began after coup de’etat of 856.” The Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty reached “military power and political authority‚ and also the revival and flowering of Byzantine culture in all its aspects from philosophy to painting.” The Byzantine Empire really had political and cultural progress and expansion during this period. They were so superior to “its western and eastern foes” because “Western Europe
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