Controversies Between Church and State During the Middle Ages, church and state leaders had many battles. Some who were involved were Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV and Pope Gregory VIII; King II and Archbishop Thomas Becket; King Philip IV and Pope Bonifa...

The Hundred Years' War During the year 1328, the last Capetian king died without a male successor. Immediately Edward III, the King of England, held claim to the French throne because he was the grandson of Philip IV and felt he had the right to the throne. Edward launching for the French th...

War, What is it Good For? "O bravest of knights, descendants of unconquered ancestors, do not be weaker than they, but remember their courage....Set out on the road to the holy sepulchre, take the land from that wicked people, and make it your own....Set out on this journey and you will ob...

Renaissance educational theory of the 15th and 16th centuries weighs in on the side of aristocracy, i.e., leadership roles should be in the hands of the best and brightest. Educa-tion for leadership is crucial for the sons of aristocrats. Being born into the aristocracy is not in itself a guarantee ...

My Book Review on The Mysterious Man Mark Twain's fiction novel, The Mysterious Man is about an angle that comes to a town in Austria during the Middle Ages. The angle goes there to help the priest Father Peter out of a rut, which the evil astrologer had put him into. The mysterious angle ...

English Architecture During Medieval Times Corey Frentress English IV November 15, 200 Architecture is the practice of building design and the technology applied in constructing a building. Medieval or, English architecture is very appealing in the variety of castle...

Crusades In the Middle Ages, Christians considered Palestine the Holy Land because it was where Jesus had lived and taught. The Arabs had conquered Palestine in the 600s. Most Arabs were Muslims, but they usually tolerated other religions. Jews and Christians who paid their taxes and obse...

Peter Brown's The World of Late Antiquity The Late Antique period is recognized from AD 150 to 750. For many historians, the central focus of this era revolves around decline and fall; however, this is not the case for Peter Brown, author of 1971's The World of Late Antiquity. Brown ...