Why did some people want to reform the Catholic Church in the 1400s? Why did the Reformation lead to witch hunts? Why did the Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving? Why did Squanto want to live with the Pilgrims? Why were monasteries important to medieval Europe?
Why is the Quraysh tribe important to Bedouin? Why was the Byzantine Empire important to world history? Why is the Pax Mongolica important in world history? Why were monasteries important to medieval Europe? Why is Jati important to world history?
If you were once capable of saying things that you later decide were actually cruel or cowardly or ungenerous or untrue, you should be open to the possibility that one day, in the future, you’ll have the same thoughts about the things you say now. I’m not going to stop writing, b...
has its roots in monasticism, self-governing communities where individuals freely submit to the rule of an abbot they themselves have elected. Moreover, the monasteries represented the ideals of moral equality replacing “natural” inequality and the dignity of labor replacing the notion that physical...
Petrarch rejected medieval country conventions and sang for true love and earthly happiness in his sonnets. Later sonnets became a very important literary form of poetry inEuropeand a lot of poets, such as Shakespeare, Spencer, and Mrs. Browning, were indebted to him. Thus we look upon him ...
View your soul as a fortress: a medieval castle with double walls. Friends you can invite in for counsel and festivities. Decent non-intimates you may invite into the outer shell by day for the purpose of trade and limited discourse. All others must stay outside of the drawbridge as their...
takeover by a small number of energetic barbarians, a centuries-long Dark Age. And presumably this period would have been darker and longer if it had not been for active measures to preserve the (by-then traditional) religion and culture in the form of the establishment of monasteries somewhat...
Why is Oliver Cromwell important to American history? Why did Henry VIII close down all the monasteries in England? Why did King Henry VIII have six wives? Why was William the Conqueror a good king? Why were William III and Mary II constitutional monarchy rulers?
Why were monasteries important to medieval Europe? Why was Christianity important in the Middle Ages? Why was the Roman Catholic Church so powerful in medieval Europe? Why were the Crusades significant in Europe? Why did the Crusades happen? Why were the Crusades fought? Why did Puritans come ...
Why did Charlemagne support monasteries in Europe? Why was the Holy Roman Empire important? Why was Trajan considered a good emperor? Why was Hadrian considered a good emperor? Why is the Frankish Empire important to history? Why did Charlemagne reform education? Why did Charlemagne fail to take...