After the reading, I one of the questions I had was, "Did the Vikings observe any specific religion?" I found this article on the BBC site. It was written by Gareth Williams. I couldn't find who that is, but I figure it is probably fairly reliable since it's on the BBC site. It explains the religion that the Vikings observed (they were Pagan). One thing that I found interesting was that they probably didn't attack monasteries because they were against Christianity. It was more because the monasteries were wealthy and not protected well, making them an easy target. Along the right side of this site, there are a lot of interesting links. There is a Viking game, and an article about how the Vikings might have used an early form of the telescope.
From there, I found a virtual tour of a Viking age farm, that was found in the 1970's in Yorkshire. Once you get it running, it is really cool. The link to it is below.
I tried to post these links on another page earlier, and they kept getting cut off. If the links don't work when they are copied and pasted, it is probably because they have been cut off.
I had a few questions. I wanted to know more about how Charles Martel stopped Islamic expansion through Europe. I also wanted to know what it was like during the Carolingian Empire. Was it like the Roman Empire? What was it like for the people? Lastly I wanted to know about hte Vikings and their background. How are they governed and how do they live? Do we even know a lot about them?
I thought it was interesting when the reading stated that the west was weak because there was no local rule, rather a distant king. I was thinking about that, and I realized that that may be a reason that the US has been particularly stable; we have a central government-but we have governments within each state.
The reading mentioned the Carolingian empire, and how military effectiveness was key. I was wondering what military tactics they used that were so effective; was it just strategy?
I thought it was interesting how land was such a big deal-how it determined wealth. It dawned on me how land has become less and less of an importance as technology has become more advanced. People do not need to have their own land to gather crops for themselves-we can just go to the grocery store and buy food. I wonder what the potential consequences are of us being so dependent on others, unlike the Europeans in the Middle Ages who were agriculturally self-sufficient.
Here is a link I found: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/
It is a page from the BBC that talks about the Vikings. It has good information about thier culture, including weapons, warfare, money, religion, and more. One interesting fact I found was that, although they could not be vikings that fought, women traveled with the fighters to new lands, so they could populate and settle in the area.
I thought it was interesting how in the reading there was a whole paragraph dedicated to the food that was eaten.
I searched around and found this site: http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-food.htm .
It has a lot of interesting information about the food and how different cultures influenced the different types of cooking. Something else that was interesting were the fact that cook books were starting to come around. Apparently, the first cook book was in 1306 France called "The Little Treasury". The first English cook book was in 1390. I thought it was odd how the English's first cook book was around 84 years later.
I was interested in learning more about serfs and vassals.
I found this website with both on them: http://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html
It says that "serfs lived in small communities called manors that were ruled by a local lord or vassal. Most peasants were serfs. They were bound to the manor... Serfs did all the work on the manor farm."
It also says Vassals ruled lands called fiefs. These were granted to them by their king.
It was easier to understand what these were exactly after looking them up.
This is the Bayeux, a tapestry that depicts the battle of Hastings in 1066. This depicts the battle that took place between William the Conqueror and King Harold. Harold’s death is depicted on the tapestry, he was shot in the eye with an arrow and then later slashed to pieces.
I was wondering what serfs and vassals were and i was also wondering what the Manors that the people lived in were, and what they looked like too. Also did the vikings abide by one certain religion or did they not have a certain religion?
My question is: Why was the pope never overthrown by any of the more powerful nations around him? Were they Christian (and therefore held him in reverence)?
Early in the reading it mentions that Greek had once been common in Rome and became the religious language of the Byzantine church, but later became rare after Latin became so popular. I don't understand how Greek survived but Latin didn't. Why is Latin dead now if it was spoken more then than Greek was?
I was wondering if there are any connections between helots and serfs? Bcause reading about the serfs reminded me of the helots in Sparta.
I was also wondering if the women of the Middle Ages had any more rights than the women of Rome. Were they treated in the same way as the Roman women or were they more equal to the men?
Towards the end of the reading it mentioned how women did a lot of jobs along side their male counterparts. I found this rather interesting as it seems that women were treated more equally than in the past. Also the reading mentions the excellent ship building capabilities the Vikings had. I was wondering whether this involved natural resources the surrounded them or whether they came up with new technology.
If the language that most everyone spoke was Latin, then when did other languages come into play? What were those first languages coming from Latin? What caused the change in language?
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The reading mentioned that people lived in "manors". I was interested in what the manors consisted of and what they looked like.
I found this link that explains what manors were:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html
And I found this link that shows a map of the area around a manor:
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?ST9%20Medieval%20Manor
After the reading, I one of the questions I had was, "Did the Vikings observe any specific religion?" I found this article on the BBC site. It was written by Gareth Williams. I couldn't find who that is, but I figure it is probably fairly reliable since it's on the BBC site. It explains the religion that the Vikings observed (they were Pagan). One thing that I found interesting was that they probably didn't attack monasteries because they were against Christianity. It was more because the monasteries were wealthy and not protected well, making them an easy target. Along the right side of this site, there are a lot of interesting links. There is a Viking game, and an article about how the Vikings might have used an early form of the telescope.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/religion_01.shtml
From there, I found a virtual tour of a Viking age farm, that was found in the 1970's in Yorkshire. Once you get it running, it is really cool. The link to it is below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/virtual_tours/viking_ribblehead/ribble.wrl
I tried to post these links on another page earlier, and they kept getting cut off. If the links don't work when they are copied and pasted, it is probably because they have been cut off.
I had a few questions. I wanted to know more about how Charles Martel stopped Islamic expansion through Europe. I also wanted to know what it was like during the Carolingian Empire. Was it like the Roman Empire? What was it like for the people? Lastly I wanted to know about hte Vikings and their background. How are they governed and how do they live? Do we even know a lot about them?
Was there a special ceremony or something they had to do when Christians in the Byzantine Empire adopted the Muslim faith?
I thought it was interesting when the reading stated that the west was weak because there was no local rule, rather a distant king. I was thinking about that, and I realized that that may be a reason that the US has been particularly stable; we have a central government-but we have governments within each state.
The reading mentioned the Carolingian empire, and how military effectiveness was key. I was wondering what military tactics they used that were so effective; was it just strategy?
I thought it was interesting how land was such a big deal-how it determined wealth. It dawned on me how land has become less and less of an importance as technology has become more advanced. People do not need to have their own land to gather crops for themselves-we can just go to the grocery store and buy food. I wonder what the potential consequences are of us being so dependent on others, unlike the Europeans in the Middle Ages who were agriculturally self-sufficient.
Here is a link I found: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/
It is a page from the BBC that talks about the Vikings. It has good information about thier culture, including weapons, warfare, money, religion, and more. One interesting fact I found was that, although they could not be vikings that fought, women traveled with the fighters to new lands, so they could populate and settle in the area.
I thought it was interesting how in the reading there was a whole paragraph dedicated to the food that was eaten.
I searched around and found this site: http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-food.htm .
It has a lot of interesting information about the food and how different cultures influenced the different types of cooking. Something else that was interesting were the fact that cook books were starting to come around. Apparently, the first cook book was in 1306 France called "The Little Treasury". The first English cook book was in 1390. I thought it was odd how the English's first cook book was around 84 years later.
I was interested in learning more about serfs and vassals.
I found this website with both on them:
http://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html
It says that "serfs lived in small communities called manors that were ruled by a local lord or vassal. Most peasants were serfs. They were bound to the manor... Serfs did all the work on the manor farm."
It also says Vassals ruled lands called fiefs. These were granted to them by their king.
It was easier to understand what these were exactly after looking them up.
This is the Bayeux, a tapestry that depicts the battle of Hastings in 1066. This depicts the battle that took place between William the Conqueror and King Harold. Harold’s death is depicted on the tapestry, he was shot in the eye with an arrow and then later slashed to pieces.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/laserdisk/0214/21422.JPG&imgrefurl=http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bytype/textiles/bayeux/&h=1000&w=1280&sz=326&hl=en&start=5&sig2=cIR25MKkoaPgpGjSf9TzVw&um=1&tbnid=rV2N5kehVMcy3M:&tbnh=117&tbnw=150&ei=8D0WSIPoOJiCiAGYiIybDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bbayeux%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:dv-MV%26sa%3DN
I was wondering what serfs and vassals were and i was also wondering what the Manors that the people lived in were, and what they looked like too. Also did the vikings abide by one certain religion or did they not have a certain religion?
My question is: Why was the pope never overthrown by any of the more powerful nations around him? Were they Christian (and therefore held him in reverence)?
Early in the reading it mentions that Greek had once been common in Rome and became the religious language of the Byzantine church, but later became rare after Latin became so popular. I don't understand how Greek survived but Latin didn't. Why is Latin dead now if it was spoken more then than Greek was?
I was wondering if there are any connections between helots and serfs? Bcause reading about the serfs reminded me of the helots in Sparta.
I was also wondering if the women of the Middle Ages had any more rights than the women of Rome. Were they treated in the same way as the Roman women or were they more equal to the men?
Towards the end of the reading it mentioned how women did a lot of jobs along side their male counterparts. I found this rather interesting as it seems that women were treated more equally than in the past. Also the reading mentions the excellent ship building capabilities the Vikings had. I was wondering whether this involved natural resources the surrounded them or whether they came up with new technology.
Many things in the reading interested me-
First, the Vikings and their ships. This was a diagram of the rigging (http://vikingships.tripod.com/images/rigging1a.jpg) from a website that makes scale models of viking ships.
Second, the Bayeux tapestry that was created entirely by women. This image (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/images/bayeux-cooks.jpg) from the national archives of the UK showed the detail up close.
I also found another map of the land divisions during the Carolingian Empire. (http://academic.udayton.edu/williamschuerman/Carolingian_Empire.jpg)
If the language that most everyone spoke was Latin, then when did other languages come into play? What were those first languages coming from Latin? What caused the change in language?
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