... in society are economic conditions, religious traditions, war, and politics. ~Weapons and equip.-private armies,saddles,stirrups,armor,high flying missiles. War games-tournaments. Code of Chivalry-complex set of ideals, demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of 3 masters,-loyal,brave,courteous. Castle life-home of lord,lady,family,knights,servants.-encircled by massive walls and guard towers. ~Romantic love-Troubadours-poet musicians-Eleanor ... . - Clovis was responsible for bringing Christianity to the Franks. -Western Europe was reunited for the first time after the fall of t...

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... -yang near the Huang River Valley. Many Chinese people can trace their ancestors back to the Shang Dynasty. The fall of the Roman Empire came to an end in 476 AD, because of outside forces from the north invading the land. Charlemagne and his great kingdom was the new tribe from the north that grew rapidly at this time. Pope Leo III appointed ... terrorized people in towns and villages for over 250 years around Europe A.D. The only legacy they left was constant fear among its people. Basically, life during the middle ages was harsh and dreadful. Mostly because of the form of government t...

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... . Also, with his creation of trading land for military service, he developed the eminent arrangement called feudalism, which would be the basis for European life for several centuries to come (2, pp 226-232). Charlemagne had deep sympathy for the peasants and believed that government should be for the benefit of the governed. One example of this is displayed by Einhard, one of Charlemagne's prominent figures, who wrote ... a biography on Charlemagne years after his death. In an excerpt from the biography ... ...

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... a just ruler and above all a devout Christian. The tales of King Arthur can only rival the greatness of his life. His Father Pepin III died in 768, dividing his kingdom between his two sons Carolus and Carloman. "They ruled jointly for three years until the death of Carloman in 771. Then Charlemagne became sole king of the Franks. He immediately went to Rome and assured the ... conquests were the Saxons and the regions of Lombard, Spain, Bavarian, and Avers. Charlemagne conquered most of "Western Europe and united it under a great empire." (10) "His empire held the concept of a universa...

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... in the audience gives it a courtly tone. Poetry moves from the mead hall to the castle. 4. It shows the all-important position of the church in medieval life. People were vitally concerned with the salvation of their souls. Religious literature was more mainstream than today. 5. Didacticism--almost everything written had a moral purpose. 6. Oral--meant to be heard rather than read. Verse was the ... came to be known as the Carolingian Renaissance. His empire did not long survive his death. Even before the end of Charlemagne's reign the empire had stopped expanding. Despite its claim as ...

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... conform to the Roman Catholic faith. For example, Charlemagne was perhaps the most influential political leader of Western Europe in the early medieval period, and he proclaimed to love the Church of St. Peter the Apostle and was a devoted catholic (Blackboard, Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne, pg. 56). Charlemagne used support from the Church in the division of sub-districts headed by nobles. He converted to ... Catholicism at a very early point in his life to garnish support and further cement his right to rule. The ... Church's link to political empires often caused the spread of Chr...

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... (Cantor, ed. 3). The French epic Roland shows the difficult choices facing a noble hero that is trying to rise from the pressures of the shame culture. During the war between Charlemagne and the Moslem Moors in Spain in the late eighth century, Charlemagne only lost one battle. That battle just happened to have been led by his nephew, Count Roland. Roland should have summoned ... the godhead. While this hierarchical system existed, the Pope also maintained authority not only over the church, but also the kings and emperors. The kings were over the earthly aspects of life, while the Pope...

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... bought their positions. The economic life for most Western Europeans was not much better than the religious and intellectual quality. There weren't really any great cities and most common people worked in agriculture to provide what they could to keep their families alive. However, in the eighth century Charlemagne succeeded in starting a small renaissance and uniting much of the Frankish territory. He preserved ... some of the Latin literature that might've otherwise been lost and started a few schools to educate monks. Even though the empire fell apart after the death of Charlemagne an...

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... bought their positions. The economic life for most Western Europeans was not much better than the religious and intellectual quality. There weren't really any great cities and most common people worked in agriculture to provide what they could to keep their families alive. However, in the eighth century Charlemagne succeeded in starting a small renaissance and uniting much of the Frankish territory. He preserved ... some of the Latin literature that might've otherwise been lost and started a few schools to educate monks. Even though the empire fell apart after the death of Charlemagne an...

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... to do this work. In 723 the Pope made him a Bishop. Around the year 743, he founded the Abbey of Fulda, which became on of the most famous monasteries in Germany. From 748-754 he served as Archbishop of Mainz. The Roman Catholic and Anglican churches celebrate his life work on June 5, the date he was killed by a pagan mob. Another famous English Monk ... of this era was Saint Bede (680-735), also known as the Venerable Bede. He Served at the Monastery at Jarrow (620-794), established by ... most significant Carolingian Kings. The middle ages reached their highest point of achievement d...

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... state religion in the fourth century, and emerging as a "cultural trend" (212). It became further defined, and was the bases of the Western World's proceedings. Christianity's popularity influenced the church by people's newfound ability to concentrate on faith and a better life. With this foundation, the Middle Ages expanded religious importance by employing it in day to day ... life. Christianity was consistently present in the social arena of the Middle Ages. There were many controversies over Christian beliefs. The engrossment in Christianity in the ... stimulated people to regain f...

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... state religion in the fourth century, and emerging as a "cultural trend" (212). It became further defined, and was the bases of the Western World's proceedings. Christianity's popularity influenced the church by people's newfound ability to concentrate on faith and a better life. With this foundation, the Middle Ages expanded religious importance by employing it in day-to-day ... life. Christianity was consistently present in the social arena of the Middle Ages. There were many controversies over Christian beliefs. The engrossment in Christianity in the ... stimulated people to regain f...

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... birth. In the very beginning to be a civilized society there were certain characteristics that one must possess. Some of those characteristics were, some type of urban life, construction of permanent settlements, some form of written communication so they could share and preserve stories and history, and lastly they needed to have a shred religious belief. So even in 5000 B.C. Architecture, literature, and religion were important ... our world evolved. In the beginning it was very obvious that religion played a very important part in the life of the people. Temples were built and they ...

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... to it and his family. When the vassal would die, his descendant would have to perform a new ceremony, called Lehnseid (An Act of Homage), to keep the land in his family's possession. In turn, these vassals would enhoeff the land to other men, who would then ... and powerful form of Feudalism, or Lehn Church, that we learn about today. Now of course, this truly came from the old Roman way, with a patron-client relationship, forming a pyramid of Feudalism with the king at the head of it. This system grew even more under the control of Charlemagne's Holy Roman ... Empire, which emerged on ...

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... did have many days to relax. According to most historians, peasants had about 100 days of rest per year due to the frequency of holidays. Holidays meant church festivals, wrestling, bobbing for apples, dancing, and all sorts of celibacy. The life of a Middle Ages peasant was not much worse than the life of a Renaissance peasant, which Manchester fails to mention. There are other flaws in Manchester's comparison ... between people of the Middle Ages and people of the Renaissance. He fails to mention the Gifted and Book of Gospels, yet he analyzes the great authors and artists ... time. H...

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... did have many days to relax. According to most historians, peasants had about 100 days of rest per year due to the frequency of holidays. Holidays meant church festivals, wrestling, bobbing for apples, dancing, and all sorts of celibacy. The life of a Middle Ages peasant was not much worse than the life of a Renaissance peasant, which Manchester fails to mention. There are other flaws in Manchester's comparison ... between people of the Middle Ages and people of the Renaissance. He fails to mention the Gifted and Book of Gospels, yet he analyzes the great authors and artists ... time. H...

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... conflicts. Furthermore, the Western Empire was replaced with small Germanic kingdoms that sprang all over Europe, with the crowning of Charlemagne as Roman emperor in 800. Most importantly, the peace treaty between Vikings' leader, Rollo and France's king, Charles the Simple to end the Vikings' invasion of France led to feudalism, which was established in 911. Other aspects that led to the beginning ... Frankish empire caused the era to return into the Dark Ages, until feudalism arose. Feudalism augmented the Church's authority over the state by unifying the peasants in the harshness of...

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... mentioned in song. For meet it is that men should publish their master's praise. Returning to The Story of Roland, the unique relationship between Roland and his fiancee, Aude, also demonstrates a form of chivalry. When Aude is informed of Roland's death by Charlemagne, she replies to Charlemagne: "These words mean nothing to me. May it not please God nor his saint nor his angels that ... I remain alive after Roland .The French barons weep and lament for her." This quote shows her undying loyalty to Roland and the loyalty of the barons to Roland ... as if it were his own son. As seen i...

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... the reforms that occurred in the Roman Catholic Church in the eleventh century. After Charlemagne's death, widespread corruption occurred in the church in the form of lay investiture and simony. During the eleventh century, a series of moral and political reforms were taken in the Roman Catholic Church to prevent these ... of their followers. The outpouring of desire to have involvement in the crusading was huge, due because of the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, but also because it was considered honorable to fight a holy war. If the ultimate goal in life was to get into heaven i...

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... cure. To put it simply, they had only room for improvement in many areas. Both foreign enemies and lack of political leadership added to the woes of these villagers and eventually forced the people of Europe to improve everything from political structure to military strength. The death of Louis the Pious (son of Charlemagne) caused a struggle amongst his three sons over land, and for the title ... with art and education and The Renaissance starting in the 14th century. Although I've merely "scratched the surface" of feudalism, knighthood, and city life, hopefully my point is obvious. No...

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