The Trebuchet: Europe During The Early Middle Ages

After the Roman Empire inevitably fell, trade fell along with it. Manors grew more popular as they produced everything anybody needed - they were self-sufficient. Not only this, but the populations of towns and cities shrunk. Everybody was involved in these new self-sufficient manors and the manorial system. But due to the Crusades, trade was revived. The thousands of crusaders brought back “exotic” goods like dyes, medicines, silks, foods and spices which made the Europeans considerable profits. The crusaders made these profits by taking their goods to where everybody was, where there was more to trade for and higher chances of making money. Thereafter, towns grew in population because people no longer needed to rely on the manorial system.

The parts of a trebuchet, work with Newton’s first three laws; to state simply, anything at rest stays at rest while anything in motion stays in motion unless something acts upon them. This law is used as gravity causes the counterweight to free fall, the momentum of this object builds up potential energy as the arm rotates around the fulcrum. Then, Newton’s Third law as the counterweight falls, the sling (on the other end of the beam) rotates up, then the potential energy is turned into kinetic energy as the projectile is released from the sling and

In the 5th to 15th centuries, the merciless attacks from barbarians caused the Holy Roman Empire to fall, destroying the bond that held Europe together. Unstable without sufficient leadership or societal order, Europe resorted to rule under the barbarians. This fateful turn of events entered a new era of annihilation which led Europe into darkness for ten centuries. In a dark era, one faces fear, disorder and discomfort. The Middle Ages is best renamed the Dark Ages because the lack of organization created discomfort.

Medieval Europe was the time period after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this time period, Europe was divided into several kingdoms. Lords had manors and peasants that lived on their land, working in exchange for protection. They never left the land; there was no trade. Kings and Queens were in charge of kingdoms. The head of the Catholic church, the Pope, had great influence over everyone, from knights to peasants. The Pope often had power struggles with Kings. As head of the church, the Pope believed that they had the power to crown anyone they wanted to. The Kings didn’t agree.

The fourteenth century was a time of grief and havoc. In this time period, Europe was turned upside down when disaster struck. Not a single person (serfs, lords, vassals, physicians, and even the clergy) was safe from the horror that was consuming them. The Hundred Years’ War kicked off the disastrous time, followed by the decline of the church through the Great Schism and Avignon Papacy, and the outburst of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) finished off the disastrous time period. These three events brought about a great change to the Middle Ages, and contributed to this time period being categorized as calamitous. These events can be compared to events taking place in the twenty-first century that will further prove that this period follows the legacy of the fourteenth century and thus has earned the name of a “calamitous” century.

Medieval weapons just started as spears but the medieval era evolved quickly they invented the catapult, swords, cannons, crossbows. Name it and the list goes on, they had variety of weapons they used as well as torture devices such as hanging people, dragging them by tying them to a horse and pulling the human body apart from torso to the lower body. The pear was also a very “nice” tool they used back in the medieval era it 's a tool where if a woman cheats on their husband they get the pear tool inserted in the vagina of a woman and it slowly opened inside of them causing the vagina to rip and to bleed to the point where the woman dies from so much blood being lost. b862ba6a-8335-448c-b6d4-6dd91f6217ae.jpg

Here is the Warwick castles authentic recreation trebuchet; it is one of the medieval times best weapon. It was used to defend their castle or to attack the castle. It was invented in China in 300BC but then reached Europe during the medieval era in 500AD. The trebuchet was used to throw over heavy equipment over high walls of the castles.

First constructed in 300 B.C. by the Chinese and Trebuchets were also known as trebuckets, Trebuchets became known rapidly for their great power and exceptional accuracy. Trebuchets threw many things, here’s a list for you. The Trebuchet threw stones, sharp wooden poles, darts, fire, burning tar, burning sand, pots of Greek fire, feces, dead mangled bodies, disease ridden bodies, body parts, dead animals,

The Dark Ages Imagine yourself in a dark building not knowing what’s around each corner. You make your way through this building facing disease, hunger, war, pressure, and being stuck on the bottom floor of the building. This is exactly how the middle ages were. During the middle ages citizens were forced into religion and faced the issues following feudalism, hunger, disease, and war.

The fall of the social structure in medieval period marked the downfall of the Middle Ages. The social structure of the Middle Ages was based on a system called Feudalism. A disease known as the Bubonic Plague and peasant revolt eventually led to the fall of the Feudalism. Bubonic Plague was also called the Black Death. It first began in Asia then spread to Europe. With the condition in cities that was worst, the disease spread rapidly in Europe due to the overcrowding living environment. It greatly reduced the population of Europe. It wiped out about a quarter of the population. With so many people were lost, the farms were not able to be farmed, which created a labor shortage. Plague had made peasant labors quite valuable. Peasants who survived

Another reason why the middle ages were referred to as dark is because of the decline in production of culture. “The passage illustrates medieval education, which was provided primarily at monasteries or church schools and was not available to most people” (Doc E). This was the adapters note from a passage about a monk who went to Chartres to study Hippocrates and it says how education was not provided for most people, which explains why there was a decline in culture because only very little could get educated. “I learned the ordinary symptoms of diseases and picked up surface knowledge of ailments. This was not enough to satisfy my desires” (Doc E). The monk learned very little in his studies and getting more education was hard then, so combine

History of the Catapult Catapults possibly the most well-known weapon in medieval warfare, some with the ability to shoot a rock or body over 1,300 ft. into enemy lines. However catapults date back a lot further than medieval times, and came in many more styles than you might think. The catapult was the ultimate long range weapon until the 14th century when gun powder and canons were introduced. The first documented catapults originated in the 3rd and 4th century BC in China.

Crusades brought the end of the medieval period because the resulted in economic, political, social, and religion they also mark the ending of islamic medieval period. economic, political, social, and religion these were all factors of the crusades to take back the home land as a result of this it impacted Europe enough that they were now out of the medieval period.

People in our world, whether it’s in the past or present, are constantly influenced by their surroundings. They live their lives based on what’s around them and how they are brought up. The people in the Middle Ages were often exposed to a variety of different things that affected what they did. Their relationships with one another, and the way they were brought up to interact with each other greatly modified each individual’s lives. In addition to that, their daily jobs affected how they lived as well. All of these things were majorly influenced by feudalism, the form of government that the people in the Middle Ages lived by. They were exposed to this government every day, and it was the base of their values and as a whole. There were many

The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought from 1095 to 1487. The first of the crusades began in 1095 when the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Alexios I, sent someone to request Pope Urban II to assist them with military support against the Turks. Pope Urban II quickly asked Catholic soldiers to join the first crusade. The first goal was to give the pilgrims access to areas in the Holy Land that Muslims were controlling. A more long-term goal would be to have the Eastern and Western parts of Christendom reunite.