Monday, November 15, 2010

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The English Renaissance had many types of food for example
  • Allspice - a New World food item, also called Jamaican Pepper.
  • Artichokes
  • Bananas - known about, but still a foreign fruit and considered exotic.
  • Broccoli
  • Chili Peppers
  • Chocolate - New World discovery.
  • Cocoa - New World.
  • Coffee - did not reach Europe until after the middle Ages.
  • Cranberries
  • Green Beans
  • Green Peppers
  • Iceberg Lettuce - modern development of the lettuce
  • Indian corn -our modern corn, the large cobs with yellow, white, or brown kernels.
  • Kiwi fruit.
  • Margarine - an invention of the modern food-chemistry industry.
  • Peanuts
  • Pineapple
  • Potatoes - despite their association with Ireland, potatoes originally came from South America made popular late in the Renaissance.
  • Red Peppers (capsicums)
  • Yellow Peppers
  • Rhubarb - like the banana, possibly known about but never used.
  • Shortening - an invention of the modern food-chemistry industry.
  • Tea - did not reach Europe until after the middle Ages.
  • Turkey - Turkey is a New World food that reached Asia Minor only after 1500 and did not come into general use in Europe until well after the Renaissance.
  • Tomatoes - a member of the Nightshade family, it was considered inedible or poisonous.
  • Vanilla Bean
  • Yams - New World.
I learned that they were so many different foods they created back then. But look at us now we kind of use their same foods they did because like we use the yellow peppers for Chile it’s like were living the past.

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We had some really good inventions in the English Reniance I have a very few good examples. The first was is a clock it was invented by Galileo it was to measure the 24 hours a day. The next one will be the eye glasses. Only the right people wored the glasses. Some painters would even paint with them on. The next one will be the printing press it was invented by Gutenberg. Its purpose was for creating books. The next invention will be the gun powder. This was mostly use for war the soldiers would put the gun powder in the gun and then shot the bad people. They also used it for fireworks witch was pretty cool back then. The next one is the submarine. It was created by Leonardo da Vinci it purposes was for war but it was more like to be secretive where no buddy would know who could hear them. Last but not least my last invention I picked is wall paper. Its purpose was designs etc. So far I learned that all these inventions haven’t faded way and theirs still a lot of them out their. But its amazing how we still use them as today its like nothing change like were still living the past. My favorite invention they made would have to be the gun power because of the fireworks. But I wonder how they looked like is they like the ones today or are they different that’s something I would like to learn.

Monday, November 1, 2010

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Music in the English Renaissance. They had different types of music ill give a few types. The first type I choose was church music. I chose this because back then church was a big thing people had different religions. Like they said “The style of renaissance church music is described as choral polyphony meaning more than one part. “ I think that’s pretty cool they had more than one part it makes it more interesting. My next type is Madrigals I chose this one because they are the best of the best I learned that they can sing any note nothing is impossible for them they have the highest pitches and good vocals’ next topic is instrumental i didn’t know that way back then they had instruments its pretty cool to know that the world hasn’t changed but its been improved a little. I also learned that music was more important   than the instruments they were just used mostly for dancing.Whats cool is that they had Lute, Viol ,Crumhorn, Racket, Sackbut, Trumpet. What caught my eye was the triumph were still use that in everyday’s bands that’s one thing that will always be in the future. My last type will be the keyboard. The popular instrument was the virginal. It was famous because it contained over 300 pices.Alot of their music was programmic.Through all this I learned that things in the past will always be in the future just because their very old dosent mean that we the people still don’t use them.


Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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 Crime in the middle ages was torture. They had different punished for different reasons like going against the commands of the lores and knights or for thieving, to provide amidst scarcity. Rebellion against the unjust system and subsequently, treason, was a common crime way back then. When the took over as 'head of the church', hearsay was an offense. They had other crimes in the middle Ages, which were strongly scary like witchcraft and vagrancy. There was smuggling of prized articles like silk and tobacco and highway robberies and those by outlaws. People got hung for counter fitting and rape. The punishments in this era were severe mainly arising from the threat that the crimes posed to an exploitative reign. Criminals were punished by the kings, knights, lords, sheriffs and the church. The local police were responsible for confining the criminals to an area till any trial commenced. The criminals were not fed by the authorities, and depended solely on family.The punishments included death, fines, public humiliation and subjection to torture chambers, depending on the criminal's crime. The methods of torture that were used in this very exciting period in European history include pillory, brodequins, and execution by the wheel, quartering, hanging etc. The torture was a deliberate and systematic infliction of physical and mental pain and anguish. The devices used were designed to ensure the infliction of unbearable agony. However, when devices were not used, the methods were barbarous and included ripping out of . It was also uncommon for a person to be tickled to death!

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The Queens in medieval times wore very elaborate gowns. These medieval gowns were tubes of fabric fastened together at the shoulders. The medieval costumes also included garments called ‘surcoats’.  The  girls wore lots of  cloaks made from wool. . The gown became ankle length and the girdle became less prominent. The sleeves became wider at the elbows and contrasting bands of colors adorning the edges. Tunics were adapted to resemble a dress also became a favorite with the young girls. The clothing of the medieval times was very comfortable. The french girls wore cottie hardie which was also worn by men. The cotte hardie were dresses made really high to completely cover the neck.Thier belts were made by cotton. The medieval girl dress was also combined with linen caps and had lappets going over the shoulders. Women wore a broad band, which was tied under the chin. That helped to frame their face. Some women had to stitch their own clothes made of coarse wool or even trade their clothes for goods. The peasant women generally wore a long dress. Most of the clothing was handed down through the families.

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In the middle ages they had vassals witch is a person who holds the fief and owes alliance and service to his feudal lord or the king himself. The history of the vassal’s place of origin of this designation in the feudal system is said to be England. The earliest vassals were seen in England after the Norman Conquest in 1066. William, the conquer, who invaded England in 1066, claimed that all the land mass of the island belonged to him. The Normans, infantry and soldiers, were rewarded a huge part of England's land mass, for aiding William the conquer in his campaign. The whole of England was thus practically ruled, owned and controlled by Normans. The only exception was of two Englishmen, who had turned traitors against their mother land. The land of England was distributed among the nobles and military leaders. Some of the vassals had independent lands and did not live in the manor house of the feudal lord, whom they served. The vassals were gifted with large portions of land, the standard or average size being 1200 to 1800 acres. They had a different name for vassals they were sometime s called demesne or domain. They vassals had their own land it was about 1200- 1800 acres. The vassals had different roles in feudalism for example thier jobs  provided trained solider and providing equipment. The manor house was the place of the vassals and their family was they built apart from the village where the peasants lived.

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During the middle Ages, sheep and cattle were mainly used in North Europe. In South Europe, vegetables and fruits were also used. They used olive oil instead of butter. During the middle Ages, the nobility and the royalty they had different foods. They had three meals a day. Depending on the level you were you would have different color plates etc.They used spoons, forks and knifes to. Medieval people ate a lot of grains like barley, oats, wheat and rye. During the middle Ages, bread was the really important. The gardens have a lot of vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, cabbage, turnips, carrots, onions, broccoli, beans, celery, etc.  Medieval People hunted wild animals. Nobles used to hunt boar, geese and ducks. Peasants hunted squirrel, rabbit, and pigeons. Rivers and oceans were a good source of food.  There were some specific rules about how to eat, how to sit and the table manners.  Wine and almond milk or sweetened milk was also taken before the meals. A meal started with fruits such as pears or apples. It was followed by vegetables such as carrots, cabbage and lettuce, some types of herbs and juicy fruits.  They had potage witch is a thick soup made from the meat, vegetables and water boiled together.  At the end of the meals, a digestive aid known as a dragged was taken. It included spiced lumps of sugar, spiced wine or aged cheese. They had cider and beer  as  godale beer. The rich would drink differnt types of wines.