Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Intellectual and Cultural History

In the Cisterian Reform, many changes were made structurally to Churches so the Monks could concentrate on their work.

Teaching taken out of being strictly done in Churches and monasteries.

The invention of concrete allowing for paved roads. The development of the practice of keeping historical records allowed for better educations of history.

Many war chronicles and studies of kings and royalty made up the bulk of literature. Columns were very prominent forms of art. In some cultures religious art was created.

The keeping of livestock turned many men into farmers who could live off their own work.

Constitutionalism- The practice of government being held intact by a written constitution.

Forms of communication, good and bad, between countries include creating trade relations, declaring war, and asking for a peace treaty.

The separation of social classes led the peasants to resent their positions and their ideas flooded every class and demanded change.

In early cultures, megaliths, stones, were parts of burial rituals.

European culture grew because of the spices and artifacts that were brought back from expeditions to exotic lands. Conquers were made on new worlds and expanded the world and European cultural similarly.