"In 1330 only about 5% of the population could read or write." (Simkin 1). In the Dark Ages it was not very common for many of the poor people to be able to read or write. However‚ for the people who did go to school they would go to the elementary song-school‚ the monastic school and the grammar school. In some of the poorer countries today‚ some of the same circumstances apply. Monastic schools were a church school for boys. The most frequent topic was religion. Normally‚ the higher class boys
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Health and Medicine of the middle Ages During the Middle Ages people lived very different lives compared to what we live today. They were very unsanitary and apt to catching illnesses. There were many different types of diseases and epidemics during the middle ages and very little was done to prevent them with the lack of knowledge the people had about each illness. There were many different types of illnesses and epidemics occurring in Europe during the middle ages. Some of these illnesses resulted
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Disease and Treatment in the Middle Ages The Middle Ages were tough times when it came to disease and medicine. There were numerous types of sickness and disease that flooded Europe during the Middle Ages. Not helping the situation‚ the medicinal knowledge of the people of Europe of the time was not up to par. Some of the diseases and illness that were running rampant during these times were pneumonia‚ leprosy‚ and the plague. The middle ages were a time of great suffering and death because of
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pilgrimage is journey in which one takes of either moral or spiritual significance. Those who embark on a pilgrimage are known as a pilgrim and is usually a journey to either a holy place or shrine of importance significance for that person. During the Middle Ages life was dominated by wealth‚ order‚ class‚ state and most importantly religion. Religion played an important role in daily life. It effected the way people behaved and to what they believed. It is difficult to assess the reason to why each individual
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and more of these agreements occurred creating the idea of feudalism. The age of Feudalism can be depicted by the code of chivalry‚ the feudal pyramid‚ and the harshness of manor life. The idea of feudalism entirely changed the way of life for most of the population during the Middle Ages.
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Even though the Middle Ages was a dark time there was still brightness that was brought in‚ due to music. The Middle Ages was a time when music started to boom due to the influence from the Muslims due to the the crusades. It was inspired by Muslims‚ music was both secular and religious music‚ they had instruments use and they would also change it. During the Middle Ages‚ Islam was a major influence on Western European music‚ as a result Europeans were able to make their own types of music‚ create
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Long before the Middle-Ages‚ western music was mainly monophonic. Monophony or monophonic music consists of a single melodic line‚ in which one person singing can exemplify monophonic texture. The Roman Catholic Church used the Gregorian chant‚ which consisted of a melody set that was sacred to Latin texts‚ and was sung without accompaniment; this type of chant was known as a monophonic texture. The Gregorian chant has a soft‚ smooth touch; it symbolizes the voice of the entire church instead of
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Women during the middle Ages The middle ages were a big part of the world’s history. Every aspect of life was influenced. One important influence was on women. Medieval society was ruled by men and women had their “place’ depending on their social class (“Medieval Women”). Peasant women had the hard life; they were expected to cook and clean and help their husbands all at the same time (“Daily Life for Peasant Women in the Middle Ages”). Peasant women would typically begin their days at 3 am
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"The Renaissance was a period of big change in European history. It was a time of intellectual excitement‚ when art and literature blossomed and groundbreaking scientific advances were made."(Background Essay).Before the Renaissance Age was the Middle Ages‚ which lasted from 500CE to about 1350CE. During this time the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role on everyone’s daily life. Priests who often lived inside of monasteries were the ones who owned most of the books and made handwritten copies
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Different people and influences stabilized Europe in the Early Middle Ages. Charlemagne unified the empire and encouraged learning‚ feudalism helped to set up a structured society and broke down the roles of the people‚ and the church influenced daily life and used its power and authority to influence changes‚ such as attempting to stop war. The Early Middle Ages of Europe was able to sustain life do to these influences. Charlemagne‚ the grandson of Charles Martel‚ brought about changes that helped
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