Late Antiquity

“Looking at the Late Antique world,” writes Peter Brown in his seminal work The World of Late Antiquity, “we are caught between the regretful contemplation of ancient ruins and the excited acclamation of new growth.” Brown’s work covers the years 150-750 AD a period of time too often – and mistakenly – labeled as the “dark ages.” Brown does not make this mistake. Instead, he challenges what seemed to be a grounded notion that the study of Late Antiquity was one of “decline and fall.” This was a

Cathedral, Hildesheim revive the monumental sculptural tradition found during the Ottonian art period in Early Medieval Europe. According to Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Carolingian sculpture, like most sculpture from Late Antiquity, consisted of primarily small-scale art (Gardner 302). Even though the bronze

what was called Christendom, this was based on the beliefs of the church. Features such as migration of people, invasions, population distribution, and deurbanization characterized this period. The medieval ages had three periods, which include the antiquity, the medieval periods, and the modern period, all of which exhibited different characteristics. The end of this period saw various challenges coming

The Social and Cultural Changes of Late Antiquity Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames & Hudson, 1971 (rpt. New York: Norton, 1989). The world of Late Antiquity is written by Peter Brown, a Professor of History at Princeton University. This book is an entertaining introductory text to the Late Antique period, AD 150 to 750. Brown delivers an entertaining account and perspective of how and why the Late Antique world came to differ from “Classical civilization.” Instead of focusing

Life in the medieval society was one of the most painful for women. It was evident by the high level of exploitation and oppression of women. At a time when wealthy men enjoyed stylish life, women had very hard times. Comfort was not a privilege but a luxury that only few women could afford. Men completely dominated the society and any concrete decision to be made was their preserve (Spielvogel 179). Women were not consulted even in matters that directly affected their lives; they had little or no

'Women are not notable for their visibility in historical records, even in a later medieval context', writes Goldberg on medieval women in general.1 Although this indeed might be the general tendency in medieval Europe, I dare to argue that The Welsh Law of Women, written down in the twelfth or thirteenth century, is a historical record that successfully sheds light on the lives of the medieval Welshwomen. The law text's value is all the greater given the overall paucity of written sources from

Book Review: “Early Medieval Art”, by Lawrence Nees It was during the Middle Ages (300-1000 AD), that various distinctive forms of art began to emerge in western Europe. A variety of significant mosaics, buildings and other forms of art came from this time that continue to be analyzed in the present. In the book Early Medieval Art, Lawrence Nees successfully provides an intricate interpretation of these various art forms that developed in this time in history while allowing the reader to conceptualize

around in tights and court pieces. Very short tunics and tight corsets were a common medieval clothing. 4. Medieval shoes could be up to two feet long After the mid 1300s, men considered wearing the long-toed shoes to be the height of fashion. By the late fourteenth century, the toe design was so long that they used wool, whalebone, and mosses to reinforce it. Nobles had to tie the ends of their leggings in order to get around and crusaders needed to remove the tips of their shoes in order to run away

Thomas Su Mr. Harrington World History 28 November 2015 The Ancient Roman world, the various Germanic and Norse barbarians, and Christianity all played a big role in the creation of the society, politics and ideas in the Middle Ages. You may have not known but the beginning of the Middle Ages (5th to 15th century) is marked when the Western Roman Empire is invaded (1000 B.C) by the Germanic barbarians who were from Northern Europe (“Middle Ages”). The Germanic people specifically the Goths, Vandals

The Emergence of Europe In the Early Middle Ages: The Germanic Tribes, the Roman Legacy, and the Christian Church Marina Lundstrom History 114 – Western Civilization & The World I Due: November 8, 2014 After the fall of the Roman Empire around the fifth century, it took “hundreds of years” for the western part of Europe “to establish a new society.”1 The emergence of this new European civilization during a period known as the Early Middle Ages, included three major components: the