Feudalism, King Arthur, and the Medieval Times

Jake Sweet, Cameron Pozsgai, Nic Cooper

Art in the Medieval Times

• Stained-Glass: reached it height in ancient rome between 1150 and 1500. These pieces of art were built for the great cathedrals in rome in ancient times.

Stained Glass

Theophilus is said to be the creator of stained glass and most of the stained glass still standing in most of the great churches and theaters and stuff still standing today. To assemble the window, pieces of colored and painted glass are laid out on the design board, with the edges of each piece fitted into H-shaped strips of lead.

Stained Glass in Cathedrals

This incomplete but splendid example of St. George fighting the Dragon fills a large area of the south wall at Broughton. The roof was restored and made lower at some time after it was painted in the later 15th century and the head and shoulders of George himself have gone as a result. Medieval artists invariably painted horses well, but here the Dragon too is very stylishly rendered indeed as St. George thrusts his spear into its mouth. The saint bears his Red Cross on his shield; his elaborate armor helps to date the painting.

Stained Glass in Cathedrals

Pictured at the here is St. Bartholomew. This is a rare sighting of the saint, who is not common anywhere. There is a 13th century painting of him in a window splay, much mutilated, at Tidmarsh in Berkshire, again paired as here with St. John the Evangelist, and one in a splay beside the Doom at Chalgrove in Oxfordshire, where, in a painting contemporary with this one, he is paired with St. Laurence. At Maresfield in Sussex, a church dedicated to Bartholomew, a 12th century painting, thought to be of his Martyrdom, is recorded, but that church was radically restored in 1878/9 and its paintings lost.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

• The historical accuracy of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has holes in it. Back when Arthur lived battling was a way of gaining fame. There is no real evidence that can prove what really happened in King Arthur’s history. When families pass stories down from generation to generation they get the truth stretched and people exaggerate. People make up legends all the time to get fame. Arthur is just a legend with no evidence behind his stories. His stories are there to give a legendary figure that provides strength, bravery, and leadership. He fought side by side his knights when they went to war with barbarians and Rome.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

• . His nephew Sir Gawain was one of his personal knights that fought side by side him. Sir Gawain was called the Green Knight. Sir Gawain’s closest friend Sir Lancelot accidentally killed Sir Gawain’s brothers and caused the knights to fight among each other. Before his death, sir Gawain repented of his bitterness towards Sir Lancelot and forgave him.

Feudalism

• Feudalism is a type of government that consist of Kings, Barons, Knights, and Villeins. Each one ruled the other as listed from the Kings down.

This graph shows the levels of government

Feudalism

• In feudalism the King granted land to his closest friends, and he gave them many gifts.

• The lowest people on the totem pole were the pheasants and they did whatever the king needed and in return they received protection from the King.

Feudalism

• The women in the society were confined to the house, and they handled the duties of cleaning, cooking, and taking care of their young. Some became nuns, and some were known for using witchcraft. Some women were field hands, some wrote and played music, some women even fought in battle!

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