HIST 2200 Lecture : HIST 2200_lecture1.docx
17 Sep 2013
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Edward gibbon: the classical period had been the pinnacle of civilization, middle period. Superstition, ignorance, simplicity: church dragged society down according to him. Shaped the cultural life of europeans in all aspects ( culture, art, etc. ) The clergy were really the only ones who were literate, so they could tell everyone what they wanted, only one with access to information: the middle ages were backward, led to the re-establishment of knowledge. Charles homer haskins: 12th century wasn"t all that bad, not a dark age. Early middle ages ( 5 to 9th centuries) Late middle ages ( until the 16th century) Factors the lead to the political rise and decline of the christian church. Some of the defining social structures of europe in this time and. The factors that contributed to the so-called crisis of the late middle ages. The fall of rome; how and why it happened: weakness of the late roman empire:
