The High Middle Ages were a time of great advancement and prosperity. The High Middle Ages occurred in Europe and Mediterranean regions during the period of time between 1050 AD to 1450 AD. Catholicism was the dominant religion of Europe as the Catholic Church was the only church in Europe. This period of time is characterized by the rapidly increasing population of Europe‚ which brought about great social and political change. Another sentence. During the High Middle Ages‚ there achievements in
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Europe underwent some major transformation from 1100-1300. The High Middle Ages‚ as this period was known‚ economic‚ political‚ religious and cultural revivals began to shape Europe. These changes were made possible for several reasons. One of those reasons was that Europe had become more settled after numerous invasions that occurred in the Early Middle Ages. The medieval kings began to apply centralized control. Advancement in agricultural practices also contributed to the European reform‚ as increased
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The Emergence of the Middle Ages: 1000 AD When the Old World Order began to crumble with the fall of the Roman Empire and the break up of the Mediterranean the foundation was laid for a new type of civilization to emerge‚ a "western civilization". The Empire in the East continued‚ based in Constantinople.. It was the most obvious heir to the culture of the classical world. This culture still dominates Eastern Europe and Russia‚ through Orthodoxy. Islam was the religion of Arab townsmen
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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 of the Bible. Illiteracy was wide spread because there weren’t many schools and more than 85% of the population were peasant farmers‚ called serfs. Serfs also worked for a lord and his estate. In the 1300s‚ improved farming
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the High Middle Ages‚ Western Europe developed one of the most impressive and successful civilizations the world had yet seen. One might have thought it was a civilization destined to continue essentially unchanged for centuries. But that’s not what happened. In the 14th century‚ a series of disasters shook Western European civilization to its foundations‚ eventually forcing major changes in Europe. The first disaster to hit Europe was famine. Some of the agricultural success of the High Middle
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timeframes for the Middle ages extends from the end of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476 A.D.‚ up until the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century. However‚ the Middle Ages can be broken into three different parts for the purpose of this expository paper: Early Middles Ages‚ The High Middle Ages‚ and the Late Middle Ages. Each of these periods are characterized by the historical events that shaped Europe‚ but Western Europe and more specifically‚ Northern Europe will be the focus
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Society Around 1300–1350 the Medieval Warm Period gave way to the Little Ice Age. The colder climate resulted in agricultural crises‚ the first of which is known as the Great Famine of 1315-1317.The demographic consequences of this famine‚ however‚ were not as severe as those of the plagues of the later century‚ the Black Death. Estimates of the death rate caused from one third to as much as sixty percent. By around 1420‚ the accumulated effect of recurring plagues and famines had reduced the population
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The High Middle Ages brought forth an era fill with Christian followers. When the northern tribes in Europe swept down and brought down the Roman empire‚ they settle in the Roman land and converted themselves to Christianity. These changes brought forth new cultures and artworks that puts more emphasis on religion. During this period‚ a lot of churches and great cathedral was build. Historian divided the High Middle Ages into two periods: the Romanesque Period and the Gothic Period. The Romanesque
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During the Middle Ages people devoted their lives to this‚ they died for this‚ it united them‚ this great force that had such a great impact on the people of the Medieval time was religion. Religion was very important during the Middle Ages and had a huge impact on the Medieval Europe. The church was was prominent almost everywhere you looked and stories of the religion were constantly being told and shared. People renounced their whole lives to the church‚ people were so devoted to the faith that
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In the High Middle Ages‚ the society was divided in three orders‚ the first being “those who pray” which Cecilia might have had considered to be most important because it addresses eternal salvation‚ the second “those who fight” were the kings and nobles who were the protectors‚ the last “those who work” was Cecilia’s class. “The three groups were not equal”1. Peasants were the lowest class which is why they were looked at as “ludicrously dumb and foolish”1‚ an example of how other groups thought
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