The middle ages were filled with philosophy religion and minor evolutions of man and early technology. Without this time period there would be a loss of serious event that lead to the progression of man in the 21th century which would make this time very different. In the Middle Ages also known as the medieval age’s and the dark ages things like the Black Plague which led to further developments in health care, the fall of Rome which lead to the beginning of this era and the rise of the Islamic nation. That is just to name a few, throughout history morals have been changed, forgotten, or embraced this has happened thought all ages, but the middle ages has had a big effect on our time period now. This has been overlooked by some scientist, but thanks to the middle ages crop production has improved as well as education. With the devolvement of universities during this time the population became more literate. There are many over looked events in the dark ages that lead to the progression toward the 21 century.
With the development of crops there was a boom in population due to excess food being produced. This lead to cities sprouting all over Europe, some of those cities today have yet to be changed in any major way. Also during the Middle Ages was the influence of the Christian church was majorly seen which had effects on work habits, to the rules of living, and even the decisions of kings and queens this repressed development but gave people security thought there day to day lives that they needed due to the harsh living during the beginning of this time. All of these middle age events have had a sincere effect on our modern world. Although you may not see the full effects of the middle ages because they are disguised by the pr...
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... have been enacted in the modern era the events that happened and faded can be simply looked at as step to get to where we are now. For if we didn’t make the mistakes and find the technology that we did in the middle ages then we would inevitably made them in the future, so thanks to the middle ages we now know what not to do.
While the modern era is far from what the middle ages was, it still had major effects on our time, now as we see where and what we came from we can now know what not to do to regress back to that period. If there was no dark age then we wouldn’t have any motivation to progress. The middle ages showed us a period of what happens when a mankind losses most of its will to progress and stalemate for an extended period of time. The middle ages was without of a doubt has had an effect on our society in more ways than they have been given credit for.
Between 1450 and 1750, political, economic, and artistic changes affected Western Europe. Politically, in the 1400's parts of Europe had a feudalistic government and feudal monarchies but over time Europe adapted to absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies, and nation-states. Economically, with feudalism declining, capitalism and mercantilism grew with the commercial revolution. In the arts, there was a change from the mostly religious art of the middle Ages to the Renaissance focus on realism, and humanistic ideas during the enlightenment revolution, also new scientific ideas during the scientific revolution. Politically, in the 1400's parts of Europe had a feudalistic government and some, feudal monarchies but over time Europe adapted to absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies, and nation-states.
In summary, Europe developed and changed throughout the Middle ages. It advanced in the categories of social, economic, and political status. Socially, feudalism organized the society with ranks of social class from serfs to the kings. Economically, money and trade provided money. The Church, feudal society, and manners were a major part of the Middle
...ugh many people considered the Middle Ages as an era where nothing happened, my paper conveys that point that lots of territorial, demographical, cultural, economic, and scientific developments took place in the Middle Age. I hope that people could abandon their stereotype of the Middle Ages and could come to learn this colorful time period.
The time period between 400 CE and 1400 CE wasn’t a “Dark Age” for Europe because of progress in academic success, blossom in architecture, and religious unity along with improvements in government. This time period wasn’t a decay or decline because it didn’t die out but passed on its’ discoveries and interpretation of the world. It may not have been the “best” period in European history but it certainly wasn’t dark and awful as we believe. If it did decline or decay than there would be a different civilization today on that land. Medieval Europe shouldn’t be labeled “Dark” because it had important and fine aspects that made it simply “Medieval Europe”.
Essentially, Powell’s Prelude to the Modern World was correct. The Medieval Ages greatly influenced modern day. He wrote, “In many respects, the modern age fulfilled the work of the Middle Ages” (Powell 6). The creation of nation states, the growth of cities, increased emphasis on education and the creation of universities, the Romance languages, thriving arts, the widening scope of literary topics, and the separation of Church and State are the result of the seeds that were planted in the Medieval Ages.
In the year 476 A.D., Rome officially fell as the greatest and most thriving empire at the time. The time period following this downfall was called the Middle Ages, more infamously recalled as the Dark Ages; but were these years truly as dark as historians say? These medieval times lasted for approximately one thousand years, could such a long time period have been all that dreadful? The answer will soon become clear. The Middle Ages deserved to have the alias of the Dark Ages because there were several severe illnesses, the monarchs were cruel, and the crusades brought the death of many.
To the extent that one takes the values of Renaissance and Enlightenment as positive developments in human history, the Middle Ages will be viewed as “dark.” From another perspective, in order to dismiss the negative image of the Middle Ages, one has to deconstruct the wholly positive image of the Enlightenment, thereby questioning the presuppositions behind these descriptions. According to the Encylopedia Britannica, the post-Medieval world can be considered to have “invented the Middle Ages in order to distinguish themselves from it.” (2014) The description of the Middle Ages as Dark Ages can therefore be understood according to the shift of values that occurred from the Middle Ages to the post-Medieval world.
The era of the Middle Ages does not paint a bright picture for many people because it was a dark time in history. The Middle Ages were a terrible time to live in with the grime, debauchery, and disease. The rich were very well off while the poor made it through a hard life. The decline of the Middle Ages was at the end of the fourteenth century because of, “crop failures, famine, population decline, plagues, stagnating production, unemployment, inflation, devastating warfare, abandoned villages, and violent rebellions by the poor and weak of towns and countryside, who were ruthlessly suppressed by the upper classes.”1 Even though the Middle Ages were a time of adversity it did have great growth...
Imagine having to bury your own children. How awful would that be? The Middle Ages were a brutal time that included the bubonic plague, many wars and other horrible things. This period is considered to be one of religion and the Catholic Church, but this was overshadowed by chaos and confusion. Although the Middle Ages is often known as the age of faith, a more appropriate title for the time period would be The Dark Ages because of the black death, wars and the collapse of government.
In conclusion, with the various events that occurred during the Middle Ages, they all show that they developed social, economic and political changes throughout Europe. Although it may have taken a series of fortunate and unfortunate events, the change brought the flourishing age of Renaissance. From the night in shiny armor, comes the flowering of literature, science, art, religion, politics, and most importantly, knowledge by learning.
People in the Dark Ages were engulfed in the shadow of greatness of their predecessors, which 18th-century English historian Edward Gibbon called “barbarism and religion,” (History). Life in Europe during the Dark Ages were quite simple, as there was no efforts in unifying Europe, and the Catholic church was the only real body of power in Europe at this time. European societies were governed by feudalism, in which the king gives land to the nobles, while peasants worked on the land to live there in return. Little is actually known about this era, in that nothing significant was recorded, announcing it a “dark’ era. There was little to nothing significant about this time period in Europe, other than strong Catholic authority. A shift begins during this time period
Throughout time, history has taken some strange turns. A single ruler establishing some new form of government can transform entire civilizations, or a single event can lead to the creation of a great new people. Whatever the case, history can repeat itself in time. One possible exemption of this could be Britain’s time period of the Middle Ages. Bearing a distinct and unique culture relative to the time period, some of the values and the customs held during this time have yet to be repeated in history. It is perhaps the most unique period of all time for the British Isles.
It is said that 'An apple a day keeps the dentist away.' This has become
By the 11th century, a new period of rapid change struck the Western civilizations since the fall of Rome, but none were as extensive in comparison to the early 1000's when Europe experienced extreme changes of commercialized revolution. Introducing new practices such as systematic crop rotation, the use of livestock, windmills, and iron tools, lead to agricultural advancements. Once agriculture efficiencies reached a peak, the farmers raised crop yields and the expansion of markets began to flourish, causing cerealization to fuel Europe's population growth. This period of relative prosperity urbanized Europe, while rapid development allowed the nations of Europe to engage in new economic practices, theological discourse, and intellectual thought.
The Dark Ages were a hard period in Europe that was marked by major events such as the agreement of the Magna Carta and the rise of universities that impacted during strongly and positively this time in history.