Medieval+European+Society

** ---the Medieval European Society ** Dark Ages (also known as “[|the Medieval European Society]”.)
 * The Dark Ages **
 * What is “Dark Ages” （ 476-1453B.C ） ?[[image:huameieng4u-02/Tommaso_Laureti_Triumph_of_Christianity.jpg width="273" height="311" align="right" caption=""Triumph of Christianity" by Tommaso Laureti (1530–1602)." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg"]] **

It is a historical period of time that happens in Europe the economic of Europe degenerates follow by the decline of the Roman Empire and ends up in the Renaissance.The people at that time sank into trepidation .In contrast, the [|Catholicism] got a great advantage to spread there powers. Also the lack of Latin literature and the decrease of contemporary [|written history], general demographic decline, limited building activity and material cultural achievements. Later historians and writers said that popular culture has further expanded on it as a vehicle to depict the Middle Ages as a time of backwardness. （For further information see here→[|Dark Ages]）

1.The cause of the "Dark Ages" 2.Renaissance 3.Reformation 4.Religious persecution to science 5.Relations to "[|Anthem]" 5.1 Absolutism 5.2 Dominate 5.3 Science
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 * 1. The cause of the “Dark Ages”: **

At the middle ages of Europe, the [|west Roman Empire] starts to collapse. In contrast, the [|feudal lord]became more powerful. It uses mysticism and fibs to control people’s mind. They use an [|obscurantist policy], so the people can be easily controlled，people would listen to what the priest said and don't have their own thoughts. The people are like puppets that would do the thing that they were told to.

It is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th century. It is a cultural movement that spanned through late middle ages. It begins in the late middle ages and later spread through the rest of Europe. It helps to end the dominion of the Catholicism.
 * 2.Renaissance: **

(For more information→Renaissance or from [|wikipage‘s] )

**3.Reformation** During the [|Protestant Reformation] of the 16th and 17th centuries, [|Protestants] wrote of the Middle Ages as a period of [|Catholic] corruption. Just as Petrarch's writing was not an attack on Christianity. He was deeply occupied with the search for the real definition of God. It was a drive to restore what Protestants saw as biblical Christianity.

**4.Religious persecution to science** After 312BC Constantine announced that Christianity is legalized, the Christians exchange their positionfrom the persecution to a victimize r. They are enemies of anything that connects to science. There are lots of great scientists been persecute by the Christians. For example:

1.Copernicus: A famous Italian astronomer also the founder of astronomy.He was been persecuted by the church. On May 20, 1543, he was died of sickness.

2. West Kerr: A professor of the Paris University. He had a speech that was against the church so in the end he was been beaten to death by the Christians.

3.The one who believe Copernicus's [|Heliocentric theory]: Bruno who was a famous philosopher. He believed the Heliocentric theory so he was been sent to prison by the Christians. In the end, he was been adjudge to incinerate in the [|Campo dei Fiori].(He was been said that his crime was to propagate witchcraft than to believe the Heliocentric theory.)

4.[|Galileo]: A famous Italian scientist.Because he defend for the truth of science he was been prosecuted by the church. Died of sickness, (He was been adjudge that he misinterpret the Bible. ) See for information:Galileo


 * 5.Relations to “Anthem”: **

① AbsolutismCan’t have any other thoughts, or be punished.

Both countries have unmentionable things. For example, in the text “Anthem” there is an unspeakable word---“I”. In the medieval European society the people at that time can’t say or think things against the church. If someone violate the law they might get punished. Both countries uses violence to restrain people and their mind. The society is in a dark age.

② Dominate[|Obscurantist Policy]. In the book "Anthem", the councils are the leader of the society. In the middle age of Europe the Church was the leader of the society. Both of them need to control their people, so they both made an idea. The council restrain people's mind ,they stop them discovering new things, they teach them that learning new things are evil. For the Church they used fibs and less education to restrain people. Both used the same way to stop others being smarter than the council, and to held the authority.

③Science--Degeneration Although one is from a book the other is realistic, they both have lots of common points. Because of the restrain of the leader both countries is poor. For example, in the book "Anthem", they used candles as their tool to light things up. It seems very stupid and ridiculous. So at that time the European society had a very bad economic base. People suffered a lot at that time，it is a time of backwardness.



Sources ：

[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_(novella]) [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography]) [] [] [] [] []