12th century

the Japanese culture and itself is a beautiful image to look at. In this culture, their beliefs and values teaches important things to us and shows how their tradition is something more than art. The Japanese Bronze Mirror was created in the 12th century during the Heian period and it was found in something called the “mirror pool” at the shrine of Mount Haguro. At Mount Haguro, there were hundreds of other mirrors and leaving mirrors at that location, was considered as a contribution. Offerings

European social life during the 12th century was based upon several dominant ideals. Typically inspiration was linked with Christian faith as interpreted by the Church, " It governed birth, marriage, and death, sex, and eating, made the rules for law and medicine, gave philosophy and scholarship their subject matter” (Tuchman, 1978). With Tuchman's quote in mind, the dominant force in this climate of opinion was clearly the Christian Church. But, the religion of the 12th century was undergoing a gradual

After Two centuries of migration and warfare between the 12th century they had been searching for a place to settle mainly in the northern parts of mesoamerica. Finally in 1325 or 1345 they settled in called Tenochtitlan or mexico city today. They consider themselves as mexica people and were always rulers of mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was all of mexico and parts of central america. They also settled in an island in a lake Texcoco. gods 15th - 16th century The patron deity of the aztecs is huitzilopochtli

The relationship between Abelard and Heloise is to this day regarded as one of the great romances of history.  Their romance has been categorized with that of Dante & Beatrice and even Romeo & Juliet.  Due to their captivating romance many historians and scholars alike have deeply studied the true essence of Abelard and Heloise's relationship.  Some agree that their relationship was a true love romance; while others argue that their marriage was doomed from the moment they said `I

590 to 1517 AD (Jack L. Arnold). England began to create a complex hierarchy and the pope was the higher power of it. Within the religion of being a Roman Catholic, there are many ways of worshipping. However, over the time period of 11th and 12th centuries, there was lots of arguments over how many sacraments there are. The Protestants believed there were two sacrament while the Catholics believed there were seven. The Council of Trent eventually ended the controversy and declared the seven sacraments

have any male heirs, she would then have to marry her closest male relative. In Rome, wife swapping was a big thing to do, and in 6th century Europe people were polygamist. Then when we get into the 12th century Europe, this is when marriage is set up for the children. Peasants can pay a fee to choose their partner or marry the person that the lord chooses in 14th century Europe. In the 1950’s, if people were to remain single,

In the 12th and 13th centuries, ideas and attitudes regarding education began to change considerably, gaining supreme importance, and in due course leading to an intellectual revolution in the foreseeable 14th century. The main reason for this advancement was the establishment of more towns, resulting in an increased necessity of formal education; Therefore, In 800, although it did not happen immediately, Charlemagne ordered that every town in the “Holy Roman Empire” shall establish a school. With

culture has been found to have worn them. They are defined as any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. Slippers are said to be invented by a man named Alvin Slipper during the 12th Century. During this time, a Southern Song Dynasty Officer was the first to reference the slipper. Originally, slippers were said to be from the East. Here, slippers were used for comfort and easy accessibility as they were easy to slip on and off. During

The 12th Century romance of Abelard and Heloise sheds light on the harsh realities that women of the time had to face regarding rights to education, and freedom to love whomever they choose. Through her letters Heloise proves to be a notable intellect, especially given her uncle’s devotion to her education, which was not a given right for women at the time. Abelard, a dedicated and famed intellectual, becomes her tutor, then her lover. After Heloise’s affair with Abelard is revealed, she faces societal

The 12th and 13th century saw significant growth and expansion in the middle ages economy. Agriculture remained the mainstay of the economy but there was proper management of the manors and farms. This increased productivity and allowed the economy to diversify away from agriculture. Other economic activities such as mining and forestry were adopted in many medieval societies. Importantly, this economic expansion led to the growth of retail trading which the merchants dominated. Even though the