I am working on a project for my hum. class and am required to write about my family's history not my actually history but a pretend one and one thing that they are asking is "who are your related to (famous leader)" so if you could please name a famous leader from the mid evil times it would really help! thanks
2007-02-24 11:59:25 · 13 answers · asked by noelle!!!!! 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Joan of Arc would be an excellent choice.
2007-02-24 12:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by JD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, please learn how to spell. Medi (middle) + eval (time) = medieval, or Middle Ages. Second, pick a country in which you're interested. Third, go to the library and check an encyclopedia for the history of that country between 500 AD and 1500 AD. Fourth, choose a historical personage from that time period, and do some research about him/her. Choices include Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Harold Godwinson, Francois Villon, Juana la Loca, Louis I (Saint Louis), the Venerable Bede, Vlad Tsepesh, Ivan the Terrible, and *so* many others. BTW, if you choose Joan of Arc, remember she was a virgin when she died.
2007-02-24 12:19:25 · answer #2 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, define "medieval." (Yes, that's the correct spelling.) I don't know what time-spread you're looking for. Not too long ago I read some interesting information about Vlad the Impaler. Did you know there were three Vlad's, grandfather, son, grandson? The book was a novel, but contained some truth about the most infamous of them. Elizabeth I was an interesting queen, who lived at interesting times. But she might have lived later during the Renaissance. My brain's not working too well, I can't come up with anyone else right now.
2007-02-24 12:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Charles d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
William Wallace, Scotland
2007-02-25 05:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by The Goat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lodovico Medici is the first person who pops into my mind. He was a famous Florentine merchant who was friends with many of the world's greatest artists including Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci...I saw the house he lived in in Florence, it was fabulous. He had a life style of the rich and famous, and being his relative would have been fun for you.....lots of interesting characters and beautiful men and women to choose from..........
2007-02-24 12:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by imask8r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galileo, Dante, Cosimo De Medici
King Aurthur may be mythical. (I don't think he is but the sources for his certainly are: that is to say we only have the myth of him.)
The Roman Emperor Constantine is not "Medieval" but their is 1 or more Byzantium Emperor's with that same name that are.
Yes, J. of Arch is.
Hay whats wrong with 10-20 generations of hard working unknown chimney sweeps, slaves, or farmers.
2007-02-24 12:05:05 · answer #6 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Aurthur
2007-02-24 12:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Adele.S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlemagne
2007-02-24 12:11:19 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlemagne
2007-02-24 12:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by waxpoetic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with the above two posters. Charlemagne defined medieval times.
2007-02-24 12:19:55 · answer #10 · answered by James N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constantine
2007-02-24 12:01:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋