Middle+Ages+Artifacts

(This video is not responding) || || The video clip that I found about the food that people consumed during the times of the Middle Age is a perfect example of how Nobles typically ate. The film does not describe the diet of anyone lesser in the social class, though I think it would make sense to not have food as luxourious as the Nobles'. This is because peasants and serfs during the Feudal Ages were not as wealthy. If you could afford spices, you were considered very wealthy because they had to be imported from Asia. Even though the Nobles were wealthy they didn't eat the finest food. Most people ate a jumble of foods mixed up together because it would otherwise go bad. Often meat was eaten way after it had gone bad. People ate on dishes of stale bread called a trencher. It was sometimes given to the dogs after used as a plate. Also, during the Middle Ages Nobles only ate with knives. ||
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 * I have here painting representing the peace that eventally followed the Hundred Years' War. It shows the mutual tolerance of both the French and the English, though neither side seems happy. On the contrary, both sides seem to have people wailing and pale. I believe that there is a huge political impact from the Hundred Years' War considering it was fought for power. Afterwards, England lost all territories in France except for the port Calais. Socially, I think that this severed a good relationship between England and France which is exactly what I think I see in this image. || The image above represents a time of more peace in Medieval Europe. I can tell because the image is of two knights battling in a tournament. Tournaments were meant to keep knights ready for battle in an era when battling was less common. Also, they were merely a means of entertainment. I notice people on something similar to a balcony with satisfied and dreamy looks on their faces. This brings me to believe that knights and tournaments had quite a social impact on the Medieval society. By that I mean that Nobles and Ladies found much enjoyment on such occations. I do not know what the image is made of, though I can see some text showing through from behind. This may mean that it was a painting or drawing done into a book or something. || This is an excellent painting showing the differences in fashion between two different social classes in the Middle Ages. I notice a monk and a peasant standing next to each other in similar clothing. Both seem to be wearing robes of not much color. Also, both men are wearing what seem to be scratchy pants and plain old brown shoes. The picture doesn't make what they're wearing look very flowing as oppose to the saint in bright colored robes that seem to spill over his feet. The difference between what the different classes are wearing is a social impact. Peasants could not afford clothes similar to the saint's, and the monk cannot have such clothing in his possession. || The piece of music that is shown here is a work done by an unknown musician in the late thirteenth century. It is called the Worcester. Unfortunately, because I cannot understand the language the person was writing in, I cannot go into depth explaining the piece. It is suprising though because I see in the picture musical notes and scales that are similar to the ones we use today. I think that this means that musical pieces of the middle ages had a long lasting social impact on society. Also, economically, I am sure that many people of that era made their living based on how well they could play pieces similar to the one shown above.