Ap Euro Dbq Research Paper
Have you ever wanted to learn about medieval europe? Well now is you chance! The middle ages where a time of war, violence/crime and disease so the best label for medieval europe was the Dark Ages.
War was one of the of the hardest things about the dark ages it plagued the land and there was almost always a war somewhere in Europe. “Between 1337 and 1453, England and France fought in a series of war over the control of lands in France. Know as the Hundred Year’s War…” (pg.58) This shows that in this time period France and England were in a long and strenuous conflict. Since England and France controlled most of the land in medieval europe most of the people in these dark ages were at war with one another. “Castles became less important as …show more content…
“According to their custom the Northmen plundered… the Northmen , with their boats filled with immense booty, including men and goods, returned to their own country.”(Doc 4) This tells us that the Northmen or Vikings were always plundering towns and you always had to be ready to run and/or fight. “This excerpt describes Europe in the ninth and tenth century… [Barbarians] sacked towns and villages and laid waste to the fields. They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives.”(Doc 1) I clearly states that this was life in the Dark Ages so this is the best piece of evidence for any argument. Also it shows that barbarians, whether it be Muslims, Vikings or any other group of people who wanted their land back, attacked ruthlessly and had no respect for the christian church. Now that there is two great reasons that medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages.
The third reason why medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages was disease. “Some historians estimate that 24 million Europeans died of the plague - about a third of the population” (pg.57) This was obviously a major ding to the population and the economy because people wanted more money to do stuff. “Rats and fleas were common. it’s no wonder people were often ill.”(pg.48) Since people were almost always ill lots of people
War was one of the of the hardest things about the dark ages it plagued the land and there was almost always a war somewhere in Europe. “Between 1337 and 1453, England and France fought in a series of war over the control of lands in France. Know as the Hundred Year’s War…” (pg.58) This shows that in this time period France and England were in a long and strenuous conflict. Since England and France controlled most of the land in medieval europe most of the people in these dark ages were at war with one another. “Castles became less important as …show more content…
“According to their custom the Northmen plundered… the Northmen , with their boats filled with immense booty, including men and goods, returned to their own country.”(Doc 4) This tells us that the Northmen or Vikings were always plundering towns and you always had to be ready to run and/or fight. “This excerpt describes Europe in the ninth and tenth century… [Barbarians] sacked towns and villages and laid waste to the fields. They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives.”(Doc 1) I clearly states that this was life in the Dark Ages so this is the best piece of evidence for any argument. Also it shows that barbarians, whether it be Muslims, Vikings or any other group of people who wanted their land back, attacked ruthlessly and had no respect for the christian church. Now that there is two great reasons that medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages.
The third reason why medieval europe should be called the Dark Ages was disease. “Some historians estimate that 24 million Europeans died of the plague - about a third of the population” (pg.57) This was obviously a major ding to the population and the economy because people wanted more money to do stuff. “Rats and fleas were common. it’s no wonder people were often ill.”(pg.48) Since people were almost always ill lots of people