Category: Middle Ages

  • Medieval Crime and Punishment

    In medieval times, being punished for committing a crime was something to be fearful of. There were brutal torture machines designed to bring agonizing pain to whoever was unlucky enough to be placed in them. These barbaric practices were widely used throughout medieval England. There were also many other punishments that didn’t use machines but…

  • Neoclassicism vs Romanticism

    The ages of Neoclassicism and Romanticism brought completely opposing aspects of life, ideas, and lifestyles to our world through the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. When trying to understand the two time periods, it is easier to acknowledge and comprehend the differences by thinking of Neoclassicism as a linear style,…

  • How Was the Renaissance Worldview Different from That of the Middle Ages: Compare and Contrast Essay

    Introduction: The Renaissance and the Middle Ages were distinct periods in history, each characterized by its unique worldview and cultural values. This essay aims to compare and contrast the Renaissance worldview with that of the Middle Ages, shedding light on the significant shifts in intellectual, artistic, and societal perspectives that occurred during this transformative period.…

  • Romanticism in Literature: Analysis of Romantic Style in Longfellow’s Works

    Romanticism was an artistic movement that introduced expression of emotions and new ideas through music, literature, nature, love, rebellion and religion. It is typified by emphasizing individualism and emotion in addition to the glorification of nature and of all the past. It prefers the old as opposed to the classical. Some experts believe that Romanticism…

  • Critical Analysis of Romanticism as a Movement or Literary Trend

    Romanticism, a literary theory or a movement or whatever name it can be called with very much familiar to a student of literature. Even before delving into the deep ocean of the Romantic realm of poetry he or she feels at one with this very word as soon as he or she hears it. In…

  • Characteristics of Romanticism in Literature: Analytical Essay

    It is considered that the beginning of romanticism was in 1798 by publishing the lyric ballads and it ended in 1832 after the death of Walter Scott. England is still the leading power in Europe. The whole first half of the 19th century it was characterized by the war of England against Napoleon until 1815…