The history of the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria (1260-1517)
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
For nearly 300 years the Mamluks were one of the greatest powers of the Middle Eastern Muslim World. They achieved the status of the strongest dynasty after having served as slaves for the Sultans before them. They emerged from their subservience to rule over Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Hejaz...
The army of Netherlands in the sixteenth century
Thesis - 4 pages - Medieval history
Netherlands is a sovereign state with its territories stretching from Northern France to the North Sea. Revolt against the Spanish led to the division of the country (Netherlands) distinguishing it into Southern Netherlands that remained under the Spanish rule. After a long war of eighty years...
New York: A symbol of the modern United States of America (USA)
Thesis - 6 pages - Medieval history
At the end of the sixteenth century, New York was dotted with islands, with a rich fishing area populated by several thousand Indians. Sailors from Holland visited the area more often since the early seventeenth century which gave it the name "New Amsterdam," before a massive increase in English...
The birth of a mass society in Europe
Thesis - 8 pages - Medieval history
A corporation is defined as a group of people who are organized and share a common culture, norms and values. Thus, society may be defined as a heterogeneous group of people distinguished by their social status possessing equal rights. They may benefit from the society irrespective of their...
The crusaders as the architects of the East-West relationship in the middle ages
Thesis - 5 pages - Medieval history
In this summary of the eight crusades that extended from 1095 to 1270 AD French historian Jacques Goffau opined that “‘arguably, the only fruit of the Crusades kept by the Christians was the apricot.” Irrespective of their outcome, the crusades remain as the most important event of...
Orientalist Scholarship, the Conquest of India and the Events of 1857
Thesis - 4 pages - Medieval history
Britain's conquest of India was not an occupation in the conventional sense. Although England did have a military and economic presence on the sub-continent for over 200 years, the source of their power lay in a control of India's knowledge. England came to dominate the country through the...
Facundo's barbarism vs Armiento's civilization
Thesis - 2 pages - Medieval history
Sarmiento's Facundo presents a biased historical account of Argentine history and the struggle between “barbarism and civilization” taking place during the 17th century in Argentina. Sarmiento's political aims of spreading European culture, which he deems to be civilized, and of uniting...
Possession, exorcism and the medical hysteric in Fritz Lang's M and Fury
Thesis - 4 pages - Medieval history
Gustav Hübener claims that “the fight against demons is found among all peoples” and that “what we would nowadays call mental disease” was previously explained by people “as a demonic obsession.” Hübener's decidedly universal definition of exorcism is left at...
The functionality of the supernatural in Medieval England
Thesis - 5 pages - Medieval history
Peter Brown has observed that, in medieval Europe, the supernatural “was intimately connected with the life of the group on every level. At the same time, however, it was operative because it was thought of as radically different from the human world into which it penetrated.” This is...
The falsehood of Terry Jones' claims of censorship
Thesis - 3 pages - Medieval history
Terry Jones argues that the Ellesmere manuscript was censored in the early 15th century, suggesting “that there was a nervousness about owning this particular manuscript of The Canterbury Tales.” He focuses on three of the manuscript's pilgrim portraits—those of the Knight, the...
The battle of Kosovo and Kosovo
Course material - 21 pages - Medieval history
On 28 June 1389 a famous battle took place at Gazimestan, leaving a lasting impression on the collective memory of the Serbs. The death of both rulers on the battlefield, the fierceness of the battle and the extent of military sacrifice on both sides left a strong impression not only on the...
Byzantium : The Balkans, Europe
Essay - 18 pages - Medieval history
As a thousand-year empire (324-1453), the universal state that was disparagingly called Byzantium by new-age historians, was the Christian and medieval continuation of the Roman Empire whose inhabitants called themselves Romaioi Romans. Christianity as the state religion and Constantinople as the...
Fact Play: Anglo-Norman Ireland, Michael Dolley
Book review - 7 pages - Medieval history
Anglo-Norman Ireland by Michael Dolley is the third volume of a series of eleven volumes named The Gill History of Ireland. This series of books covers the Irish history from the fifth century to 1960 and was published and printed by Michael Henry Gill and MacMillan. Michael Dolley is one of the...
Did popular protest have any lasting influence on the Royal Policy in the 15th century?
Case study - 10 pages - Medieval history
This was a period of immense political change, both in the way the English people were viewed by the government, and in the way they thought of themselves within it. It was characterised by popular disturbances, pieces of critical literature and seditious speech, and a corresponding increase in...
Living the dream: Social climbers during Georgian England
Case study - 6 pages - Medieval history
Throughout all of history there has been a desire for status. Both men and women have set out to achieve it. However, because of the constraints placed on women through most of history, their aspiration and realization of status has been tainted. The Georgian era (1714- 1830) during British...
Hans Behem's religious practices and beliefs
Thesis - 4 pages - Medieval history
While Hans Behem's religious practices and beliefs oppose those of the Council of Trent, these same practices and beliefs can be related to those of John Calvin. The major beliefs and practices which the Council of Trent could argue against and Calvinists could support are social ranks, the use...
Qing Isolationism: The neglect of foreign contact in the Mid-Qing Dynasty arising from the necessity of consolidating a newly conquered empire
Thesis - 6 pages - Medieval history
The imperial bureaucracy of the Qing dynasty in China developed from the consequences of the Manchu coalition conquest of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. Having conquered the Ming territories, the early Qing rulers faced the formidable task of governing the immense geographical and multi-ethnic...
The history of freemasonry in Europe and America - published: 22/06/2009
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
Organizational rules, called Old Charges, from groups or guilds of European stonemasons date back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries according to some historians, while others date these guilds as far back as 1057 in Scotland and 1220 in England. The first records of the speculative...
A history of the Black Death and its impact in late medieval Europe
Thesis - 9 pages - Medieval history
The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1347 C.E. and 1351 C.E, reducing the population of Europe by nearly half, and resulting in widespread socio-economic and other changes. Medieval people referred to this catastrophe as the "Great...
A discussion of noble women in ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian society
Thesis - 10 pages - Medieval history
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were both patriarchal societies. Women were second class citizens. However, in both civilizations women rose to prominence and even managed to rule. This paper will contrast those exceptions to male domination and the way they differed. The ancient civilizations of...
The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African world-systems before the 16th century, Philippe Beaujard - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
Philippe Soller used to say that the beauty of conciseness is that it allows us to transmit, guiltlessly, only commonly accepted truths. I am afraid I will have to show, very concisely, how innovating and dissenter is the study of Philippe Beaujard on The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African...
New testament portrayals of Mary Magdalene
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
We have no verifiable information about who wrote the gospels of the New Testament, where they were written, or even when. Later legends connected these gospels with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but there is no reliable historical evidence to support these claims. Modern scholars estimate that...
The transformation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara
Thesis - 5 pages - Medieval history
Buddhism arose in India around 500 BCE. It was focused on the teachings of Gautama Buddha and organized around the spiritual practices of monks and nuns who also taught the Buddha's message. In the first 500 years of its existence in India the religion or tradition of Buddhism was influenced by...
Exploring gender role construction and conflicts in Niebelungenlied, the 13th Century German warrior epic
Thesis - 10 pages - Medieval history
The position of women in the medieval German state in the 13th century is a complex one when viewed through an historical lens that looks at gender and sex (using feminist theory) to understand this past era. What are the factors that shaped gender dynamics, as trends from the end of the Roman...
Efforts for reforms made by Martin Luther and John Wycliffe
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
The English reformist John Wycliffe (c. 1320-1384) was an important precursor to the Reformation movement, headed by Martin Luther (c. 1483-1546). Wycliffe attempted to rid England of many of the same problems in the Roman Catholic Church that Luther would target in Germany over a century later....
The war of the Spanish succession: Causes and consequences
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major conflict leading to the end of French supremacy on the European continent. For the first time, the armies of the Sun King, Louis XIV, lost their reputation of invincibility. The purpose of this essay is to provide an extensive analysis of...
Mozambique: a cold war conflict? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
The colonization of Mozambique by Portugal began in the 15th century. The first settling was made in 1498, near the mouth of Zambezi River by Vasco de Gama himself. A few years later, the Portuguese founded a city in Lourenço Marques bay, nowadays known as Maputo. Thanks to the trade of slaves...
Elizabeth the First - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 2 pages - Medieval history
Born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England. Died on March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey. Elizabeth I, also called the Virgin queen because she never married, was the queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 or a total of forty five years. She ruled during a period called the...
The revolt of the Netherlands: Spain's failure to regain control of the Netherlands - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Medieval history
The rebellion of the Netherlands against ruling Spain was, in the end, a success leading to complete independence in 1648, with the Treaties of Den Haag and of Westphalia. All the Northern provinces of the “Spanish Netherlands” became fully independent, forming the United Provinces. A...
Assess the impact of the Hundred Year's War upon Anglo-French trade - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Medieval history
The Hundred Years War is an important period of the English history and of the French history. The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between France and England, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. It was fought primarily over claims by the English kings to the French throne, and was...
