...arose impacting both war and peace. This paper includes an explanation of the people affected in the High-Middle Ages consisting of, Christianity in Europe, the Crusades failure, the structure of a feudal society, and death beyond belief. Christianity surfaced through the beliefs of Jews and creating the rise of Christianity began. The expansion of Christianity during the reign of the Roman Empire threatened the Empire. The Empire wanted power and if Christians has all power the Roman Empire failed as leaders. This threat began the stages of persecution towards Christians and the aggravation ceased when Emperor Constantine obtained his Roman throne. Christianity held strong and dominated Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Christianity dominated people of both the poor and the rich. “Religious institutors including the Church and the monasteries became wealthy and influential given the fact that the state allocated a significant budget for religious activities”, (Newman, 2008, Para.1). Christianity dominated and Crusaders wanted nothing more than to take over the Holy Land promised to them. The Crusades involved numerous armed missions ordered by Western Christians. The Crusaders sought after the spreading of Christianity and fought anyone opposing their ideas. Although the Crusades motives included the need for spreading Christianity, “religion was not the only motive, hot blood and greed held strong as well”, (Craig, 2011, p.427). In the first crusade, the soldiers...
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...ways. The Plague or The Black Death was a combination of three plagues, bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Bubonic was the most common, the symptoms were chills , high fever, delirium, vomiting, and rapid heartbeat. the infected person would then develop buboes, inflamed swellings filled with pus. Pneumonic plague was less common, but was the deadliest, it infected the respiratory system,it would kill most of its victims in hours. Septicemic plague affected the bloodstream, it killed all of its victims. No matter what plague it was, it would result in terrible death. Christianity started with Jesus Christ in the Common Era. Christ was a Jew from Judea, which today is...
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...What are the three main Holidays in Judaism? How are Bat Mitzvah and a Bar Mitzvah similar, yet so different? Why do they believe so intensely about circumcision? Are Jewish people, the chosen people of God? Comparing Chasidic Judaism to Christianity? Let us start to explore the world, and find out what Chasidic Judaism is all about. The Start of Judaism Judaism started when Moses went up to the Mount of Sinai after leading God’s people out of Egypt. According to Rabbi Novack (personal communication 2009) ‘this occurs when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and the Torah for the Jewish people to follow.’ Since Pharaoh would not release God’s people they would endure the seven plagues. The passage in the Torah Mosheh 2: Shemot /שׁמות is the same as in the Christian Bible; Exodus Chapter 12. The list of the Seven Great Plagues as listed on Bibleplus that allowed the Hebrews to leave Egypt is as follows but ten actually occurred: 1. The plague of blood 2. The plague of frogs 3. The plague of gnats 4. The plague of flies (God makes a distinction between Israel and Egypt) 5. The plague on livestock 6. The plague of boils 7. The plague of hail 8. The plague of locusts 9. The plague of darkness 10. The plague on the firstborn The only reason these were God’s people; were Hebrew from this point on was because God said in Exodus 7:16 (New International Version) 16 Then say to him the LORD, the God of the...
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...About a third of Europe’s population and a quarter of Syria’s and Egypt’s were killed by the disgusting pestilence known as the Bubonic Plague. The epidemic, also nicknamed the Black Death, was a disease that caused painful blisters on its victims, along with chills, fever, quick heartbeat and vomiting. It first appeared in Asia in the 1330s, and spread to Europe and northern Africa in the 1340s. Since cultures differ dramatically by location, people who followed Christianity and people who followed Islam had very strong distinction in opinion about the illness. Christians and Muslims had such different responses to the Bubonic plague because of their reactions, placing the blame and acceptance of the tragedy. One reason the responses to the Black Death varied so much was the initial reactions. A quote from a Christian in this time period reads “It was a cruel and horrible thing; and I do not know where to begin to tell the cruelty and the pitiless ways. It seemed that almost everyone became stupefied from seeing the pain. And it is impossible for the human tongue...
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...out of business. These people formed the urban poor. Christianity started out very strong among the poor, and its message of salvation in another life and the leaving earthly possessions was received most among the poor The slave situation, however, contributed to Rome's decline, since, when the expansion of the Empire slowed down, it did not have as many people to enslave, and faced major problems. -Plagues, Invasions, and War: From the third century on, Rome's situation got a lot more unstable. Thousands of people fell victim to plagues, barbarians started attacking the Empire, and there were many bloody civil wars that took place. In this climate, people were likely drawn to the promise of an afterlife (which traditional Roman religion did not believe in), and the idea that the woes of life are only a test from God. Such a sentiment would not have been as strong during Rome's golden years of peace....
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...Christian’s and Muslim’s responses to the plague were different because they were treated differently. In five short years the plague killed between twenty-five percent and forty-five percent of the population. The Black Death was a combination of three types of plagues from three different bacterial strains. Such as bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Some doctors weren’t sure what was really going on, the bacteria and viruses were unknown. Christians and Muslims were different as in beliefs and what they actually did. Christians had a ''golden rule'' referred as ''do unto others as you would have one unto you''. Christ was crucified on a cross which now is the symbol for Christianity. Mohammed's teaching was similar to Christ', you should...
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...During the period era between 500 and 1400, the entire Europe went through the process of disease, faith, feudalism and golden age. Throughout the years of the middle ages, 1/3 of europe's population was decimated, faith in God was renewed, and advancements in art, architecture and science occurred. Thus, the middle ages cannot be portrayed by using one label, however, the term “middle ages” is able to fully illustrate all three aspect that happened during the middle ages. The Middle Ages are often referred with numerous different labels: especially the Dark ages. For instance documents 1 provides clear illustration of Europe being referred to as the Dark Ages. Document 1 highlights the fact that Hungarians (barbarians) have sacked towns...
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...Early Modern Europe – Major Forces for Change There are a lot of events that shaped the history of early Europe. Our ancestors had a lot on their plate when they discovered new lands and fought new diseases. One of the early forces that had a major impact were the crusades. The Crusades were a bunch of religious wars that were called on by the Pope and the Catholic Church in order to defend Christianity against the Muslims and get closer to the holy cities and other places in ancient Palestine. So what exactly does “crusade” mean? The word comes from an old French word “crois”, which means cross (if you haven’t guessed it). The crusaders (men who take vows to fight for Christianity) were not usually under a single banner, they all attached a cross to their clothes, but joining a crusade was usually voluntarily (depending where you were from). The Lords would get a notice that the Pope has called a crusade, and if they didn’t have any local problems of their own, they would go and fight the Byzantines. But the King of a country was still the same old mean guy, and if a lord or a noble died while fighting in the crusades, his land was possessed by the king, and other nobles were so righteous that they sold off their lands in order to buy weapons and armor to fight in the crusades. Not everything was so grim, the crusaders were facing a superior force and they had to adapt, they learned for example how to use a compass or how to build better ships. And while warring with other...
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...In 1347 the Black Death was brought into Europe by the Asians because of the trade routes. The Europeans at the times had no idea that the Black Plague would’ve affected their lives how it did. The Black plague was said to kill probably one out of every three people. When one person had contracted the disease it would affect the entire family. Parent were abandoning children, brothers were leaving their brothers because of how infectious and deadly the disease was. The disease would keep close friends away, family members and even priest away as soon as someone had contracted the disease. For years to come the Black Death had spread throughout Europe and neighboring cities killing many people. The exact cause for this disease is still...
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...Many lives were lost during the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, or the Black Death, in the fourteenth century. During this time, religion had a large influence in human society. Many people in certain religions reacted differently to the plague. A perfect example of this would be the Christians and the Islams. According to the 2010 DBQ Document of World History, one can conclude that the responses of the Christian and Islam were not similar because each religion had different beliefs, believed that the disease came from different origins, sought different practices of preventing the disease, and because the living of each religion responded differently to the plague. Firstly, even though they both basically worshipped the same god, Christianity...
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...wars, between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all fighting to gain control of the Holy land. Many people have argued on whether the Crusades were beneficial or not. However, the Crusades, overall were not beneficial for human history, They did not accomplish anything, killed way too many people and started the spread of a deadly plague. To start off, the Crusades were pointless, as they did not accomplish anything. The reason that the Christians started the Crusades was to take control of the Holy Land in Jerusalem for the Muslims, but the Christians were unsuccessful and everything stayed the same. First, “Pope Urban II called for a crusade against the Muslims to regain control of Jerusalem.” This text shows that the point of the crusades was to gain control of Jerusalem, and when the Crusades were finished, the Muslims still controlled it. Next, “Crusaders sought to gain ground in the Holy Land through short-lived raids that proved little...
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...Thuy Tran 10/19/15 101-0032 Outline: History of Middle Ages Introduction: Middle Ages began when Western Roman Empire collapsed. Byzantine and Islamic appeared before the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages is the middle period of three traditional division of Western history: early, the high, and the late Middle Ages. Middle Ages is an important part of Western Civilization. It through many different period of time of the Middle Ages helps Western Civilization development economy and political. Each period of Middle Ages affect to how Civilization changes and growth. Western Civilization had more strong and created many intellect men. Also, the last Pagan Europe was converted to Christianity with the Baltic people in the High Middle Ages, bringing them to Western Civilization as well. I. Byzantine and Islamic influence A. Byzantine influence In the textbook Humanities in the Western Tradition, First Edition Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus J. Wayne Baker, University of Akron Pamela Pfeiffer Hollinger, the University of Akron that discussion Byzantine and Islamic their cultural contribution to Western Civilization. * “The Byzantine and Islam have in common” by contributing writer that almost 700 years Byzantine and Islamic cultural fought the remains of the Roman Empire, but they also hared many cultural political and artistic that shape their societies in many ways. * Advantage: * Byzantine cultural contributions...
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...would take a step backward because of an epidemic that almost wipeout sixty percent of the entire population. Black Death was one of the worst disasters on record (Lerner 533). This plague began in 1946 on grassland where a reservoir stretches far from the northwestern shores of Caspian Sea into Southern Russia. At the time, Southern Russia was believed to be under the rule Mongolian Empire travelling in Silk Road using caravan between China and Europe. As a result, Russia which might have become the Black Death’s European conquest, but in fact was its last, and was invaded by the disease not from the east but from the west which is China (Benedictow 4). During the rampage of the bubonic plague, the Chinese population was decimated by up to 90 percent. The Mongols who were infected with the disease surrounded a Genovese trading centre in the Crimean coast and fled the site by a ship carrying the disease with them back to Europe via ports of Sicily. The plague spread further North by major trade routes and reached Europe through its ports. Once it had reached England, it proceeded rapidly with devastating consequences throughout Eastern Europe all the way to Russia (Duiker 322). There were many theories that existed at the time about the reason behind the Black Death. Most people believed that the plague and mass illness was a punishment from God for their sins (Benedictow 5). And others also believe that the end of the world had come. This crisis made people respond with religious...
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...the world through their personal interactions with it. Francisco Petrarch is regarded by some to be the father of Humanism. The majority of Petrarch’s works focuses primarily on the value and welfare of the individual. His literature centers on an ideology that rejects religious beliefs and embraces the interests, needs, and welfare of humans. Petrarch adopted this humanistic viewpoint during his climb of Mont Ventoux. At the top of this mountain he declares, “…angry with myself that I should still be admiring earthly things who might long ago have learned from even the pagan philosophers that nothing is wonderful but the soul…” (Kallendorf, The Historical Petrarch). This event, coupled with his survival of the historical Bubonic Plague and the sudden, tragic death of Laura (his un-met lover), inspired him to write The Canzoniere, which is a collection of over 300 poems. The central theme of The Canzoniere is Petrarch’s love for Laura, a woman he allegedly met in the Church of Saint Claire. Not only did his interaction with this woman result in the production of more than 300 sonnets, but his love for this woman coined the term “Petrarchan Love,” which means an unattainable love. Although Petrarch was unaware of it at the time, the Sonnets he created in memory of Laura...
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...central power. Included in these were the rise of the early church, and also the negative and positive effects of individuals related tot he government of the Roman Empire. Altogether it took many steps in a long process for the Papacy to gain such control. What is clear though is that the Papacy held firm control until the reformation. This paper will expand on the reasons for the rise of the Papacy in power, what allowed for it to thrive, and also negative and positive impacts on the empire and even the world. Fall of the Roman Empire There were many factors, and theories that are included when one is speaking of the fall of the Roman Empire. One of the first theories centers around disease and plagues. Some historians maintain that the Empire was crippled, as many diseases and plagues circled the Empire. They crippled families, workers and even members who were involved with the government. Another small factor may have been the decay of the army. The army say an increase in more German peoples, which may have altered the morale of the army, and even the size of the army itself. One large theory also centers around the government of the Empire. Many historians also believe that the Roman Empire set itself up for failure.(1) In the way that the government was structured, many felt as though the system was rotten from the inside out. This would have meant that from the moment the government was put into place, the Empire was on a slow and steady decline. Another final theory...
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