Major Challenges Faced By Europeans During The Late Middle Ages

Major Challenges Faced by the Europeans during the Late Middle Ages in Europe

Imagine being in a society that flourished socially, economically, intellectually, and religiously, and then, all of sudden, your entire world as you have known it to be, comes spiraling down. Europeans during the 1300 and 1500’s horrifically experienced the aforementioned. For an elongated time, Europe had experienced an extensive amount of growth and vitality due to the advancement in technology, which allowed them to manipulate nature for their own benefit and grow crops to sustain a stable civilization. Moreover, with a constant food supply the population grew substantially, the economy was in great standing, and the philosophers and scholars of the time had great influence on society, and over all life had been wonderful. However, an influx in the population increased the need for food, destroying the land and making it sterile for crop production. One problem would lead to another, famine reared its ugly, the economy plummeted, plagues, like the Black Death would kill millions of people, and the spirituality of what had been a religious would dwindle with each problem. With the Europeans suffering from warfare, disease, and hunger, the intelligence and cultural aspects, like art, were overlooked. Continuing, one would assume that under such horrific pressures, that a society would crumble; however, Europe did not succumb to a great fall like the Romans did, instead they experienced a great Renaissance in first Italy and then in Europe. The major challenges that the social, economic, intellectual, military, and religious inflicted up the Europeans residing in Europe will be discussed in grave detail, as well as the reasons why Europeans were able t...

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...ed Europe to prosper with knowledge in the fields of fine arts, literature, and philosophy, while adding, producing, preserving, and spreading their own civilization.

Presently, Europe would have access to the new lands that Christopher Columbus discovered, which would increase trade and the economy, which had been severely wounded during the Black Death’s rampage.

Concluding, the major challenges that Europe faced during the Late Middle Ages caused devastation and hardship for all. There was death, bloodshed, and altercations between the papacy and king, but also progress. This sparse amount of innovation is what permitted Europe to escape their predecessor’s downfall. Moreover, for if, it had not been for the famines, diseases, quarrels, and trepidations, the Renaissance and Reformation might have not ever existed and society would not be as we know and adore it.