giovedì 2 maggio 2019

Middle Ages.


Middle ages began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 a.c. and ended with the conquest of America by Cristoforo Colombo in 1492.
This period is know like a Dark Period because there were a lot of caresty, wars, illnesses and especially the corruption of the church that used religion as a weapon of manipulation, en fact the pope was accused of nepotism. People started to think that natural events were consequence of God's punishment.
Middle Age is divided into three parts: Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages.


First inhabitants of England were:
  • Celts: They were a population of artisans and they lived in tribes, they were very strong in wars and they had bronze and iron weapons. 
  • Romans: They arrived in England in 43 AD with the Emperor Claudius to conquest Scotland. They started to built a lot of bridges, walls, roads to facilitate the travels around England.
  • Anglo-Saxon: They were germanic people and they didn't speak the language of the place and for this they were considered barbarian also for their ways of living.
  • Vikings: They came from Scandinavia and they were good in  sailing and navigational skills
  • .Normans: They were man of the North and they came from France. The norman conquest in 1066 in the battle of Hasting is the most remarkable English event because after that England changed. Led by William the Conqueror they brought the french culture and language. Important it's the creation of the Domesday Book in which were written all the properties that the people had. In this way people payed the taxis for the first time.


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