Discuss the place of the Church in the development of medieval ideas of sexuality and marriage
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
European people were deeply accustomed to a secular and traditional running of questions such as marriage and sexuality. The Church proposed new values and ideas about these issues which were often very far removed from former codes of ethics. Medieval ideals of marriage and sexuality were the...
Women's life in North-Western China under the Tang dynasty - published: 01/11/2002
Essay - 5 pages - Medieval history
This essay focuses on Chinese women from North-Western China (the Chinese part of the Silk Road) under the Tang dynasty (618-907). It describes the main outlines of their everyday life, and study more closely the impact of the Silk Road - and its related cultural interactions - on their lives. In...
Anglicization in 18th-century Scotland
Essay - 7 pages - Medieval history
From the Wars of Independence and the exploits of William Wallace (and even before) to the debates about the Act of Union and the fierce opposition of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, it is needless to say that Scottish and English histories have been most closely linked. Though, their relationship,...
The Scots and the Highlands in the 18th century
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
Do you discern a major change in the attitudes of eighteenth-century Scots towards Highland culture and society ? Bagpipes, tartan, kilts : How did Scotland as a nation come to adopt these symbolic elements of its cultural identity in the first half of the XIXth century ? Before trying to answer...
