What would the Middle Ages of Europe be called better Dark Age.Age of Faith. Feudal Age. or Golden Age?

Question

Explain Yourself and Give Evidence. The Best Answer will be the most backed-up answer. THANK YOU.

Answer 1

I'd suggest the Age of Emergence. In this period of time, the nations of Europe begin to emerge. What were once indidvidual principalities under Roman rule, began to develop into duchies, earldoms, and finally kingdoms.

The learning was also developing. Granted, a great deal was forgotten, or buried from what had been known in classical times, but new things were also developing from a synthesis of classical and barbarian cultures.

Look at Charlemagne. Originally, he was essentially a bully boy who brought the country between the Danish frontier and the Pyrenees under his control. However, once he had, he began to standardize things. He developed miniscule, the standard form of writing so the edicts from Aachen could be understood in Provence, and reports from that sector could be understood at headquarters. It was also under Charlemagne, that what came to be knows as the lingua franca, or Language of the Franks, emerged. These two things became something like a standard guage railroad, it allowed communication throughout the empire.

And how did he manage this? He established his own brain trust, scholars from England who knew the classics, but could also come up with original ideas that would eventually synthesize into a new way of thinking.

In addition, he also established precedent that would be carried forward after his death. In England, Alfred the Great also merged the law codes of the Saxon kingdoms under his control into what became the foundation of English Common Law.

One other thing he managed, after he and his soldiers defeated the army that was threatening the Pope, his Holiness crowned him the Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day 800. When he returned home, he had the ceremony crowning him Emperor re-done, so the authority for such a grant came from the Carolingians, as his descendants came to be known, and not the successors of Peter. He also had his son Louis the Pious crowned Emperor during his lifetime, so the Church was removed from the equation. This act of defiance, established the separation of Church and State that cropped up over and over in later years, finally ending up with "Congress shall make no laws concerning an establishment of religion" in 1791.

Answer 2

Age of transition. From 1000-1400, this period has many changes which are made by different kings, new laws for religion, different artistic styles/architecture, many battles and the crusades to the Holy Land. I mean u go from the Darks ages to feudal europe to the beginning of armies which develop in time. After this then the Renaissance comes and things are given rebirth to all things in life. With that the age of exploration takes off and leads to a lot of quarrels between European nations and there colonies. So age of transition would probably be a good title for it. Give it a try.

Answer 3

The Age of Faith. My evidence is a list of the events that occurred between 501 CE - 1517 CE:

1. The Synod of Whitby, England - 664 AD
(Read Bede's 'A History of the English Church and People' and Malmesbury's 'Deeds of English Kings')

2. The Crusades, Jerusalem -1187 CE
(Read Gibb's 'The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades' from the Chronicle of Ibn-al-Qalansi and Joinville & Villehardouin's 'Chronicles of the Crusades')

3. Martin Luther Protests Against The Sale Of Indulgences, Wittenberg - 1517 CE
(Read Martin Luther)

Answer 4

Why not call it the Age of Pootle or something.
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