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The Middle Ages And Medieval Ages

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The Middle Ages or Medieval Ages is the time period in Europe between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance (History). For this paper it will be referred to as the Middle Ages. This time is also sometimes described as the Dark Ages by some because of some of the bad events that happened and because they say nothing of importance came out of the time period. It is true Rome fell, there were many wars which caused many to die, a shortage of food that caused many to die and an awful sickness that caused many people to die. Despite The Great Famine, The Plague and the fall of Rome during the medieval time period, it should not be known as the dark ages due to the architecture, art, and both educational and the technological …show more content…

Many different reasons with many different answers, however, the Roman Empire did fall and we were left with what we call the Middle Ages. There have been many movies, books and papers written on the subject. One thing I find is a for sure fact is that after the fall of Rome there was no state or government for the people in Europe and that’s how the Catholic Church became the most powerful institution in the Middle Age time period(History).
The first two reasons that the Middle Ages should not be called “dark” is the art and architecture created in the Middle Ages. Huge cathedrals and ecclesiastical structures such as monasteries were built to show devotion to the church (History). There were two styles of architecture during this time. The Romanesque style cathedrals were solid with barrel vaults supporting the roof, thick stone walls and few windows (History). The Gothic style has many huge stained glassed windows, pointed vaults, arches and in contrast to the Romanesque style cathedrals they seemed to be weightless. The Sainte-Chapelle is an example of one of those cathedrals that is still standing today and in 2015 the project restoring the stained glass windows were completed (Smith). Stained glass windows are a form of art that came from the Middle Ages. Another example of still

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