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Find examples of French Gothic influence on British architecture.

In the French Gothic Architecture and the British architecture they both have arches in the ceilings inside the church.

The French Gothic architecture had the stained glass window and that stayed in the British architecture.

The French Gothic Architecture had a point at the very top and it influenced the British architecture because the British architecture also had the point at the top.

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Medieval Times Notes

1. The Normans brought Christianity with them to England and converted the Anglo-Saxons and the Irish
2. The Feudal system- social system in Europe. They were not equal and people were above other people
3. People were born into a class and that is how you would stay for the rest of your life
4. They believed in many monsters.
5. They believed in dog heads, fish man, and different monsters
6. They had fear of the unknown
7. They thought the world was ending and judgment was upon them
8. The value of your life was depended on what class you were in
9. The peasants were servants and had to work on their lord's land and would get punished if they tried to escape. They could also be sold

Review Notes

1. Mesopotamia
• Ziggurat is a Sumerian temple
• In the old testament account of genesis Eden is its own place in Mesopotamia
• Mesopotamia- cradle of civilization
• First writing system and first mathematic, first law, monumental architecture
2. Egypt
• Egypt was a death obsessed culture
• The pyramids were tombs
• Egyptians believed in the life force name ka
• They believed when you die it is essential to prepare the body so the ka could leave the body and call it when it is ready.
• When the ka leaves the body it does not go right to the afterlife it has to hang around in the tomb
• When the ka is called to the after life it has to sit in the judgment where the heart is weighed against a feather. If it is lighter than a feather then your soul is destroyed and there is no after life.
• It was the job of the pharaoh to make sure it rained enough
• The geography of Egypt is there is dessert then green land and then the river
• The pharaoh becomes a symbol or god for making sure that the cycle happens over and over again of the river flooding
3. Ancient Greece
• Minoans- king Minos. Lived on Crete.
• The Minoans ended when a nearby island had a volcanic eruption it caused tsunamis to hit Crete and the gasses alter the climate a lot and it had a failure of their harvest and they could not survive.
• There are many ways that culture can collapse
• Misonian culture- Greeks of the Trojan war
• People think of whether the war actually happened and there are many theories about it
• After the Trojan war Greece goes into the dark ages
• Polis is Greek for city-state
4. Persian wars
• if the Greeks lose Athens then everything we know about European doesn't happen. And there is no north American civilization
• Then Athens becomes a huge power
• Meanwhile Sparta is gaining strength
• They start to fight

What's So Wrong With Social Orders?

Social orders were a very bad thing, they caused problems and they were very unfair. Social orders are,” a concept used in sociology, history and other social sciences. It refers to a set of linked social structures, social institutions and social practices which conserve, maintain and enforce "normal" ways of relating and behaving.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_order) In the middle ages the social orders were terrible and it was very unfair to the people.
The social orders in the middle ages were unfair but also uncontrollable to the people. When you were born you were born into a specific class and you had no control over it. So you could be born into a peasant family and you would be a peasant for the rest of your life. If you were born into an upper class family you would always be in the upper class. In the middle ages there was also feudalism. Feudalism is “a social system based on a society in which peasant agriculture is the fundamental productive activity; in which slavery is non-existent or marginal but peasants are tied to the land in some way; and in which a small elite defined by military activity dominates.” (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1i.html) Feudalism was unfair to the people and it made the people in the lower class angry.
In the feudal system there was the upper class and the lower class. The upper class had control over all the lower class. The upper class was more of the kings and nobles. The lower class were the peasants and the serfs. They were born into their class so no matter what they did they would never move up to the upper class. These social orders were discriminating because it was not fair to the lower class people. The lower class was much bigger than the upper class. The peasants were about ninety percent of the population of the middle ages. The peasants weren’t slaves but they were pretty much treated like that. They could even be sold. They would also be punished terribly of they did something wrong. It was terrible to be born into a lower class family. (http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/hifeudal.html)
There were three orders in medieval society. These three orders were those who work, those who fight, and those who pray. Those who work were the serfs, peasants, and slaves. They would work on their lord’s land. They didn’t travel much farther than the estate that their lord lived on. Most serfs were not free but eventually when the economy was changing more and more serfs started to become free, but a lot of them were still not free. Those who fight were the medieval nobility. They had to protect the weak and poor. They also had to conduct chivalry. The members of nobility were free but they still had some limitations. They had military obligation to their lord. Those who pray were the clergy. They were at the top of the medieval society. The village priest had to administer the sacraments. There were also many monks. These social orders were a bad thing because it was extremely unfair to the people who worked because they would do a lot of work and not have as much money as the people who fight who did not have to work but still had more money. (http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture23b.html)
Overall social orders were a bad thing which also led to the peasant revolt. It was very unfair to the lower people because they probably worked harder than the upper class people but they got much less in return. All of the different parts of social orders were bad in the middle ages.

sources:

Centuries, 12th. "Lecture 23: Medieval Society: The Three Orders." The History Guide -- Main. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture23b.html

"Medieval Sourcebook: Crisis, Recovery, Feudalism?" FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1i.html

"THE MIDDLE AGES: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/hifeudal.html

"Social Order." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_order

Did Gothic architecture reflect a change in Church theology?

Gothic architecture did reflect a change in Church theology. Gothic architecture changed from the Romanesque architecture. The Romanesque architecture was much more dark but the Gothic architecture had more light and windows and was more positive. When the churches started to be more Gothic it made the church theology more positive and they didn't think of the end of the world coming. In the Romanesque architecture there would sometimes be on the front of the church as you walk in a picture of Jesus on judgement day. they would always be prepared for the end of the world so they taught people to be careful of what they do because judgement day might be coming soon. Now with the Gothic style there was more hope. They let much more light into the church. they would also look on the more positive things and not look on judgement day coming.

source:

Art Prehistory, Contemporary Art Oceanic/Pacific. "Gothic Art | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Metmuseum.org. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mgot/hd_mgot.htm

Application To be a Knight

Q: Why do you want to be a knight?
A: I want to be a knight because I have worked very hard as a squire to get here. I also want to gain a lot of respect from the people around me and I want to known by the people. I also love to fight which would make being a knight very fun for me.

Q: Are you educated?
A: Yes, I am educated. When I was about eight years old I went to a castle and was trained to become a knight. I strengthened my body and started to learn how to fight as a knight. I was also taught how to read and speak. Then when I was fifteen I became a squire and helped a knight out with his food an armor.

Q: Why would you make a good knight?
A: I think I would make a good knight because I have been training for this for many many years. I know how to fight and use a sword and everything. I know I would be willing to give up everything just to fight and I will not be afraid of death.

Q: Have you ridden horseback?
A: Yes, I have ridden horseback. I actually started riding horseback when I was eight years old and started learning about how to be a knight.

Q: Have you fought before?
A: I have never fought a real, official fight as a knight, but I have fought in practice fights when I was learning and training to be a knight.

Q: Are you willing to give up your life to fight?
A: I am definitely willing to give up my life for fighting. I know that as a knight it will be dangerous and I am ready for the danger. I would rather die as a courageous knight then as a coward.

Q: Are any family members knights?
A: My father and brother are both knights. My father's brothers were also knights, so I want to carry on the tradition in my family and be one as well. It is an important part of our family history.

Q: When did you first want to be a knight?
A: I wanted to be one when my father became a knight because I saw how powerful he was. He was always ready for anything and could face any challenge at any time. Many people looked up to him.

Q: What qualities do you possess that are good to have as a knight?
A: I am a leader, courageous, and loyal. I know what needs to happen in situations and can figure out what should be done in order for something to go the right way.

Q: How long would you want to be a knight?
A: As long as you needed me to be one.

Source:

Wikipedia. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight

Picture Source:

Wikimedia Commons. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gothic_armor_2.jpg