In the 1300's, an Italian scholar named Petrach used the term "dark ages" to describe the medieval period (Movie Talk: The Dark Ages). Petrach applied the "dark" and "light" terms to learning. Petrach believed that the Romans and Ancient Greeks were in the "light" of learning. The following period, the middle ages, was in the "dark''. Ever since he used the term, historians have been debating whether the time period between the 500's and the 1500's were really a "dark age." The middle ages were a time of war and chaos, so people think. Even though the Black Death and the Crusades took place during the time period between 500 and 1500, the middle ages were mostly a time of prosperity. The building of universities, the signing of the Magna Carta
Rome was the most powerful and successful Empire in history. After the fall of Rome, an era called the Middle Ages came. Even though Rome fell, the Middle Ages still had roots in the classical heritage of Rome and the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. Germanic Invaders destroyed Rome's economy, government, and culture. Learning declined and a common language was lost which resulted in the emergence of Germanic kingdoms. The church was the only thing that survived and provided stability, order, and security. An Empire, ran by the idea of a churchly kingdom evolved. The three labels that best describe the middle ages are the Dark Ages, a time of loss and declension, the Age of Faith, a time that was dominated by Christianity and the Golden
Every great time period eventually has to come to an end. As time goes by no person will ever know when aspects could start to go wrong. The Middle Ages, from the 5th century to the 15th century, was a time period that was very successful, but came to an abrupt end. The church was the center of attention and beliefs were strictly based off of superstitions. The Middle Ages were composed of and relied on three main systems; feudalism, manorialism, and the Roman Catholic Church. As time passed, all three of these systems were altered dramatically and were basically wiped off the map. The causes of the decline of the Middle Ages were the crusades, growth of towns and cities, the Hundred Year’s War, the rise of nations, the plague, and the Renaissance.
Was the Time Period Between 400 and 1400 AD a “Dark Age” for Europe? Overall Claim: The Middle Ages not a Dark Age in Europe. The first reason the Middle Ages period was not a Dark Age was because the educational system improved. Richer the monk stated in his article “Journey to Chartres” (Document E) about how he was going to study with a great scholar named “Heribrand, a highly cultured and scholarly man.”
The Renaissance was a period in time where everything started to change after the middle ages. During this historical period humans stared evolving by becoming smarter and inventing useful recourses that have changed the world. The renaissance was a life changing period which brought more joy to the world after conquering the dark ages. The Renaissance changed man’s view on the world by using Art, Science and Literature to make humans brighter and because of the rapid information they were gaining.
Rome was very significant because it controlled most of Europe and it also had a lot of european culture. Rome fell after the rulers that came in the next century, didn’t know how to deal with Rome’s growing problems and it’s giant empire, therefore Rome began to fall. There were many contributions to the fall of Rome. For example, trade was disrupted, there was limited space and they began to lack new sources of gold and silver. Some people may argue that the Age Of Faith and The Dark Ages are the best labels to describe the era between 500 and 1500 in Europe. The best label to describe this time period is The Age Of Feudalism because the documents show what it was, how it began and how it helped.
"During the "Middle Ages", from 476 to about 1100, European civilization slipped into semi-barbarism". It was a very hard and bad time, but a lot of historians debate about if Europe was in a "dark age" or not. The evidence states that Europe was a dark age.
The Dark ages describe a period of time which is also called the Middle Ages ranging from approximately 500AD to 1500AD. The Dark Ages were in Europe. The Dark Ages was debatable. There should be a reason for why they were called Dark. So the question is where they really dark? Some say yes, some no. But I believe that the Dark Ages were maybe so dark.
From 500 C.E. to 1000 C.E. in Europe was The Early Middle Ages. However, The History Channel says it is "The Dark Ages". The history channel portrays the Early Middle Ages as being dark and dramatic. Wow the history channel does portray something's wrong; they also portray many things right for television purposes.
The Middle Ages led to the Age of Exploration.The Middle Ages (500 CE-1500 CE) was a time in history after the Roman Empire collapsed (476 CE). The Age of Exploration was when people traveled off to foreign lands and explored or traded. The Middle Ages had a lot of important events that led to the Age of Exploration. Here are some examples the fall of the Roman Empire, Feudalism,The Crusades, the Black Death, the Commercial Revolution, the Renaissance, and the Vikings.
The people of the Middle Ages had squandered the advancements of their predecessors, this argument went, and mired themselves instead in what 18th-century English people historian Edward Antony Richard Louis Gibbon called “savagery and religion.”. Many textbooks list the 'Dark Ages' as extending from 500-1500 A.D. During this time
Because It was scary and pandemonium and The dark ages was a nightmare. Firstly the dark ages were dark because their was a lot of killing and deaths.. Cities shrank size and population. When at war,tribes showed little mercy,killing men and women and children.
The trepid world filled with monsters, horrors and nightmares coming to life begins in the medieval ages. This is a fictional story which has different geography and mankind 's origins. Humanity originated after a cataclysmic event in which monsters also originated from this event. The theorized multiverse and bubbleverse theory comes into play since the story’s universe collided with another universe, hence the chaos among the two other races who were settled peacefully until the humans came and conquered everything from towns to hierarchies. There was an alliance among several kingdoms, until an empire destroyed most of the kingdoms, but there was a few left and one of them had a conquest against the empire.
The Middle Ages. Beginning in the 4th or 5th century-spanning to the 15th century all the way to the Renaissance. The middle ages had many important events. The daily life does’nt seem important, but the peasants who were the backbone of the villages lived in a routine. If that routine went out of order, it may cause a change. The daily life can depend on your place in the society.
Literature review The paper Perception of Europe throughout the Ages will focus on what was seen as Europe, starting with the ancient Greeks, continuing with the Romans, the Byzantine Empire, throughout the Middle Ages until the Renaissance, where the sense of Europe as a cultural cohesive entity took shape. What was seen as Europe from antiquity through Renaissance? In order to answer this question, I will focus my research on literature in this field. The literature is about the history of Europe, and the Idea of Europe, in order to find out how it was perceived during each era.