Articles for tag: Clergy, Feudalism, Middle Ages, Nobility,

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Feudalism in Europe During the Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages, four separate and distinct castes emerged from the social institution of Feudalism. These were: the nobility, the clergy, the peasants, and the burghers or townspeople. The most powerful classes were the nobility and the clergy, but the burghers (mostly merchants and artisans) saw their numbers and influence increase significantly during that ...

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Benefits and Uses of Medicinal Plants

Herbs and plants make up a large portion of the ingredients used by people throughout the ages to help combat disease and illness. Many of these medicinal plants are still used today all around the world. Take a peek at some of the different types of plants which are said to be useful for a ...

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China in the Middle Ages: History for Kids

Do you need to understand China in the Middle Ages? Kid history ideas are excellent ways to start learning about Chinese history. A period of economic decline and turmoil marked the start of the Middle Ages, but China would not stay mired in decay for long. By the time China was half way through the ...

Food and Dining in the Middle Ages

Medieval Food and Dining In the Middle Ages in Europe, what people ate depended a lot on how rich they were. Poor people (which were almost everybody) ate mainly barley. Sometimes they made their barley into bread, and sometimes into pancakes or pizza, and sometimes into barley porridge (like oatmeal) and sometimes into barley soup. ...

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Best Websites and Books on Medieval History

If you’ve decided to do some research or write a paper on medieval history, you know that this can be a daunting task. There are many volumes of history out there, both online and on paper, and you might not want to read through them all in order to find what you’re looking for. That’s ...

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Governments Throughout the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages of civilization were rife with turmoil, war, and political unrest. Feudalism was the main form of government present during these centuries. However, both the Church and monarchies played a very important role in the concurrent events of the Middle Ages as well. Therefore, it is my opinion that ancient Egypt had the ...

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Middle Ages, the Age of Faith

The Middle ages could be classified as many different ages, from the Dark Ages, to the Golden Age. It could also be known as the Age of faith, and the Age of feudalism. Although everyone believes different, on what they think the Middle age should be named, I believe it should be the Age of ...

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Middle Ages: The Age of Feudalism

The age of feudalism, more commonly known as the middle ages, was a time when the lords controlled manors and were the powers of Europe. The age of feudalism was the era in which there was no central government and land was controlled by lords and nobles. The middle ages can be characterized as the ...

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Why the Middle Ages Should Be Named the Dark Ages

The Middle age was a time period between the classical and the modern time period. The middle ages have been described as the dark ages, the age of feudalism, the age of faith and the golden age of Europe. According to the following accounts it was clearly an age of darkness. The dark ages consisted ...

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Gothic Cathedrals of the Middle Ages

The middle Ages were a difficult, even brutal time for the common person to live. Life was short, often painful, and required backbreaking labor for survival. The feudal system was thriving at the time and many people labored mightily for barely enough sustenance to prevent starvation. Disease was rampant and often fatal, with diseases such ...