Medieval houses warrant the same holistic type of study that has been recently applied to medieval castles. Dartington Hall was a leading residence of the late fourteenth century and was subject to an important rebuilding programme nearly a hundred years later. Its construction, purpose and ...
An Account of the Reasons of the Nobility and Gentry's Invitation of His Highness the Prince of Orange Into England Being a Memorial From the English Prote... An Account of the Reasons of the Nobility and Gentry's Invitation of His Highness the Prince of Orange Into England Being a ...
The Captivity of John II, 1356–60: The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France, by Neil Murphy When King John II, or John 'the Good', was captured at the battle of Poitiers (1356), hopes of ransom and political leverage are likely to have been high in the mind of his cap...
andEconomicexpansionInEngland,theexplorationhadtwoobjects:onewasthequestofgoldandsilver,andtheotherwasthefindingofnewmarketsforEnglishcloth.Sea-dogs(船长)asFrancisDrakeandJohnHawkinsvisitedAmericaandothercountries,whoestablishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.在这一时期,欧洲经济不断发展,哥伦布美洲大陆的发现为欧洲注入了...
西方文明史(英语)Lecture-8-The-Middle-ages-Chapters-8-10
Chaucer’s poetry traces out a path to the literature of English Renaissance. True, in some aspects of his work Chaucer is still bound to the traditions of the Middle Ages and not few of his poems are written in the manner of French poets who enjoyed great popularity among the nobility. ...
He had firm belief in the nobility of human nature and in the power of love. But as the years went on Shakespeare became more mature and his knowledge of human nature grew in depth. The more he knew about human nature, the more he was depressed at the ugliness of human nature. This ...
As the fifteenth century progressed Parliament was often used to pass acts of attainder against either the Yorkist or Lancastrian nobility depending which side was in the ascendent and by kings to justify why they should be on the throne. The monarchy was still powerful but because of the chall...
(wipedout)inthecourseoftheWaroftheRoses,anewnobility,totallydependentonKing’spower,cometothefore.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabeth.TheprogressofbourgeoiseconomymadeEnglandapowerfulstateandenabledherin1588toinflictadefeatontheSpanishInvincibleArmada.TheProtestantReformationwasin...
Later, the great barons give lands to knights on condition that they should be ready to fight when called upon. Thus, the feudal system of hierarchy was formed. Knights were at the lowest level of the nobility (upper class); and literature about knights called chivalric literature. The ...