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Medieval Pilgrimages
Pilgrimages are long journeys to a shrine, entailing great moral significance to a person's faith and beliefs. In the Medieval times, Rome, Jerusalem, England and Spain were centers of Christian pilgrimages.
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Where did medieval squires sleep?
Knights were nobles so they had nice quarters in a manor or estate.
What was life like for pilgrims?
Life was hard for pilgrims because they had to pay for their rents in the inns they were staying in. They also had to go through difficulties and also avoid thefts and robberies or else they wouldn't have money for paying anything, food, shelter, horses and clothes. So, basically life was sort of hard for pilgrims, but they think its worth it because they are doing it because they want to be able to reach their destination and be able to be blessed, so they can return safely.
What was the role of a nun in medieval times?
Most nuns were in convents for their own benefit, whether it was because they were devout, or because they wanted security. Some of them did not want to put up with husbands and some were sent to convents by families that wanted to be rid of them for one reason or another.
The nuns did provide services, however. Some provided educational services, particularly for girls. There is the case of Matilda of England, whose education was important for a political question, and so was recorded for history. Women of high birth were often, or perhaps usually, educated so they could stand in for their husbands from time to time.
Nuns provided medical support and ran the equivalent of hospitals.
Nuns provided choral music in cathedrals, and appeared in processions, such as funerals and coronations.
Their convents were places where women could find sanctuary from people who might otherwise pursue them. There was more than one queen who got away from their husbands this way. In much of Europe for much of the Middle Ages, this sort of sanctuary had to be respected, even by the king.
How long did catholic monks train in the middle ages?
At the time they were not called Catholic, since in Europe there was no other religion - they were simply Christian monks.
People became monks in two different ways, with variable amounts of time before becoming a fully-professed monk:
- Oblates were young boys given to a monastery by their family, often because the family could not afford to support another child, or because the boy was a second son who by law could inherit nothing from his father.
- Conversi were adults who applied to join a monastic community.
For Oblates the rules changed over time; initially they took vows to become a monk at the age of maturity (17) after many years in the monastery school, training under the magister scholae. After the mid-12th century the Oblate system gradually ended, boys were still taken in to the schools but did not have to become monks at the end of their training.
For adults the novitiate (training period) was normally a year, but this could be shortened or lengthened depending on the novice. The Cistercians would only accept men aged 16 or over; the Carthusians took nobody under 21.
Did the peasants in the mediaval ages wash?
One was religious, which was that cleanliness is next to godliness. They believed the way a people took care of their bodies was an indication of how they took care of their souls. Clearly, by this way of thinking, a person who was dirty was liable to trouble in the afterlife.
On a material level, they believed that bad air was a vector for diseases. So they tried hard to avoid bad air. The easiest way to tell that the air was bad was that it was likely to smell bad. So anything that smelled bad was likely to be cleaned up.
The result of these beliefs was that they had public baths in most all villages except the smallest. I have read that people even bathed in streams in the winter, if that is how they had to keep clean.
The idea that medieval people were stinky and dirty was promoted by those of the Renaissance, who wanted to look down on medieval people, but had forgotten the reasons to bathe because they had perfume and did not care much for religion.
There is a link below to the history section of an article on bathing.
What were the agricultural changes in the Middle Ages?
•It is true that there was a cold period around this time in Western Europe, but it probably came a little later, in the 500's and 600's AD, too late to be the cause of the fall of Roman government. But around 500 the climate did get colder.
• In the south, like in Spain, this may have been good: more rain, maybe. In the north, in France, Germany, and England, it was bad. There was a lot of flooding in the river valleys, and many Roman villages in the valleys had to be abandoned as people moved up onto the hills. You couldn't grow olives or wine so far north as before. One result was a general shift to eating butter rather than olive oil and using tallow or beeswax candles for lighting instead of oil lamps.
•By about 800, in the time of Charlemagne, the weather began to improve again, and around 1000 AD was probably a very good time in Europe, when it was easy to grow wheat and barley and even wine again. The same weather patterns that made for good weather in north-western Europe, however, may have made southern Spain hotter and drier than people liked.
•Again toward the end of the Middle Ages, around 1400 AD, there was another "Little Ice Age," with much the same effects as before. There was a lot of flooding, and in England especially there were many years where the crops were ruined and people went hungry. Although changes in government do have important effects on ordinary people's lives, the weather also plays a very important role.
Answer relating to technologyThere were a number of changes in agriculture and the way it was pursued.In Roman times, the plow was pulled by attaching it to a horse by tying a rope from one to the other, with the rope simply tied to the horse's neck. This was very fatiguing for the horse. Plows were light and could not turn much soil or plow deeply. The invention of the horse collar and the heavy plow during the Early Middle Ages made agriculture much more efficient, and this made it possible to free more people to pursue crafts.
Horse shoes did not exist in Roman times (nor did stirrups, though this was not a factor for agriculture). Horse shoes added to the value of horses for agriculture.
Wine presses were introduced, making wine production less labor intensive.
Hops came to be used for beer, which meant a new crop was being raised in Germany. Their use spread to other places in later times.
The Middle Ages saw the introduction of three crop rotation instead of two crop. This meant that on any manor, two thirds of the fields were in use at any time instead of half. One third was for crops planted in fall, and one third for crops planted in spring, and this created a different mix of crops.
During the High Middle ages, someone in Britain figured out that cows, which had little to graze on in the winter, were healthier if they had food from storage. Turnips did nicely for this, and the result was a very large increase in milk, cheese, and beef.
Some specialty crops were introduced. One example is a type of thistle with an edible flower bud. Today we call it an artichoke.
Heavy horses bred for jousting were made available for farms.
An increase in interest in spices from the East lead to an increase in locally grown seasonings.
The history of hospitality industry during the middle ages?
During the medeival period,travel declined.Travel,derived from the word travail,became burdensome,dangerous and demanding during this time.After the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century,roads wer not maintained and they became unsafe.Thieves inflicted harm on those who dared to travel,No one during this time traveled for pleasure.crusaders and pilgrimswere the only ones who traveled.
How did the crusades lead to social changes in Europe?
One of the changes that inflicted society were the different fruit/vegetables they had never seen before. Not only that, but much more. People who went on th crusades brought these goods back to their home country. Also, they learned a lot about science, mathematics, healthcare and many more.
What was so important about mansa musa pilgrimage?
It helped spread the news about Mali to Africa and got more people to go to Mali. Also, his pilgrimage/hajj showed that he was a devote Christian and wanted to get others to convert to Islam, too.
When a king granted land to a lord the lord in turn promised to?
He promised to fight for the king and serve him.
Vassals, who were pledged to the common defense of the land. Under feudalism, the landed knights developed their own lesser autocracies and titles. The peasants (serfs) actually worked the land (known as a "fief"), and skilled artisans were generally a separate class.
What would happen in a medieval church?
There were ordinary services. Depending on the church, these might include such daily services as Lauds and Vespers, but certainly there would be the Eucharist, or Mass.
There were services for special occasions, such as baptisms, funerals, marriages, confirmations, and confessions. Sermons were preached at some services.
The churches ranged from plain and simple to fancy and refined. There was music appropriate to the church.
During some times in the medieval ages, there were moral entertainments, such as passion plays and morality plays.
There were special events outside the church. In England, for example, there were contests for archers on Sundays. The English felt it was very important for the peasant population to be able to defend itself and, by extension, the country. One result of this was that the English armies included fearsome groups of archers, who could cut down charging knights from over a hundred yards away, with arrows going right through their armor.
How can the kings of the middle ages lose power?
Kings sometimes lost power by alienating their vassals to the point of rebellion. King John of England had this happen to him. When they stood their ground against him, he signed the Magna Carta to stay in power. Another king who lost power to rebellious lords was Richard III; in his case, he died in battle.
Kings lost power by getting into arguments with the popes, or sometimes with bishops. King Henry II of England had this happen, as did Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire. In both cases, the monarchs were very powerful, tried to grab power from the Church, and lost a great deal of the power they had.
Some kings were overthrown by family members. King Edward II of England is an example; his wife and her lover imprisoned him and are widely believed to have killed him.
Some kings were overthrown by other people. This happened when Pepin the Short overthrew Childeric III and became King of the Franks.
A king could lose a war with a foreign enemy. When King Edward II of England fought against the Scots and lost, it did not cost him any part of England, but it meant that the King of Scotland was no longer his vassal.
What would people take on medieval pilgrimages?
There is a very good written portrait of a wide variety of pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales. There is a link below to an article on the book, which contains pictures and more information.
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Why did learning and the arts flourish in medieval Europe?
It didn't flourish and in fact it was the opposite. That is one reason the Renaissance is called the age of "rebirth" after a 1000 years of no learning, science, and arts in the middle ages.
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There were centres of learning, science and arts during this period. Life and learning did not grind to a halt. Many of the great universities started up during this time. Oxford, University of Paris and more came into being during the Middle Ages.
Beautiful illustrated manuscripts were created. Art thrived, look at the Romanesque style as an example and the development of stained glass and icons. Many of the greatest cathedrals were built during the Middle Ages. Most of the art was built around faith - the glory of the Church and God.
Arts and education began to flourish in the High Middle Ages as a result of economic stability, a resurgence of interest in philosophy and culture. Urban life began to flourish which allowed people time to do more than worry about subsistence life. This did not apply to peasants on the land, but city life.
What did the pilgrims call themselves?
some of them were considered to be Tom Chokers or Turkey Ranglers.
Where were pilgrimages in the middle ages in Britain?
Yes, there were pilgrimages within medieval Britain. The most famous was to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, is about a group making this pilgrimage.
The link below has brief information about five or six pilgrim sites in Britain.
What was the job of the pardoner in medieval times?
A pardoner was a person who raised money for the church by selling indulgences and by getting offerings. The reason he was called a pardoner is that the indulgences were for pardoning peoples' sins.
The pardoner prescribed penances for the sins confessed. Technically, the indulgences did not absolve people of sins they had not repented and confessed, so the modern view of people selling some sort of right to commit sins is not quite true.
How can a pilgrimage affect peoples lives?
A pilgrimage might affect people's lives because it brings them closer to God and it is a chance to have a wonderful experience and to enjoy yourself but learn at the same time.
Where were people hanged in the Middle Ages?
For similar reasons they are hung today.
They were found guilty of a capital crime or were victims of some form of terrorism.
What was the cruelest torture ever in the medieval ages?
Quote from the Related Link: "A cheap and effective way to torture someone was with the use of rats. There were many variants, but the most common was to force a rat through a victim's body (usually the intestines) as a way to escape. This was done as follows:
The victim was completely restrained and tied to the ground or any horizontal surface. A rat was then placed on his stomach covered by a metallic container. As the container was gradually heated, the rat began to look for a way out - through the victim's body.
Digging a hole usually took a few hours of agonizing pain for the victim. This almost invariantly resulted in death."
What do people do on the Christian pilgrimage to Canterbury England?
Pray in spots that are imortant to them personly, or that are historicly or spiritually important Pray in spots that are imortant to them personly, or that are historicly or spiritually important
