PROYECTO MEDIEVAL

MEDIEVAL PROJECT

PROJET MDIVAL

Ana Bandera, Luisa Carrgalo, Carmen Gallego y Elena Gmez 3A

English: Life during the Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages life was different and it was hard to understand. People liked to looked at the medieval moments -heroic knights changing into battle romanic evasions between rich and poor people, progress and discoveries mode. People spent the majorite of the time working the land and they tried to grow enough food to survive. The feast days were marked by the church. Social activies were very important. In fairs troubadours and acrobats performing in the streets, merchants sold goods in the time square, etc...These were some things that they did in their free time and when there were medieval wedddings or any other event. Merchants travelled to see other cultures, such as Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Schools and Universities were formed to help medieval society and culture.

English: The Norman Conquest

Around 1000AD the Vikingos were allowed by the French King to live in France, but they had to protect them against other Vikingos. These Vikingos converted from their german gods to catholicism and they were called the Normas, because they lived in Normandy.When the children of Vikings were tired of just living and farming in Normandy they wanted to had some adventure. In 1066AD William, decided to attack and conquered England. When the king of England died without any children, he tought it was a chance to conquer England became rich and his friends agreed with him, so they crossed the English Channel and when they arrived they fought against the Anglo-Saxons. Willia conquered England and he became the new king, so people started to called him William the Conquered, and there were to languages spoken in England for a long time.

English: the most common clothes in the Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages, people's clothes were made of woolen and linen. Rich people wore brighter colors, better materials and longer jackets length. The aristocracy were so fashionable. Most of the Holy Order wore woolen habits and they could be distingished between themselves by the different colours. Black was for the Benedictines, white, for the Cistercians. St. Benedict established that a monk's clothes should be plain but comfortable. The poor Clare sisters could wore woolen socks if they had the Pope's permision.

English: Famous Medieval buildings

- Tower of London: William needed a castle would protect London and itself against invaders.To build this castle, William brought some of the stones wich came from France. He built in a Romanesque style. The tower has larine toilets and many rooms. One of these rooms was a Romanesque chaplle. In the 1100s, King Richard, built another stone wall around the shite tower to be safer.-Alnwick Castle: The Alnwick Castle is most known as Hogwarts. It is located in Northumberland, England. Yves de Vescy started to make the castle in 1906. It was made to protect the border.Currently this castle is used as a school for girls.-Canterbury Cathedral: it is one of the mostancient and famous christian structures in England and it continues to platay a central role in English Christianity.

English: The fairy Melusine legend

Melusine was the daughter of Elinus, king of Scottland, and the fairy Pressina. When Melusine grows up, she discovered that her father has seen her born against her mother's wishes. So, she decided to lock up him into the mountain. Her mother, the fairy Pressina, reproached Melusine her impudence and condemned her daughter to turn into a snake every Saturday. One day, Melusine was walking through the forest 'Raymon de Potiers'. Lusignan, saw her taking a bath in the river and fell in love with her. Melusine married him, but she put him a condition: He could never visit her on Saturdays. Raymond's brothers tell Raymond that Melusine is unfaithful to him, and they convince Raymond saying him that maybe she could visit her lover every Saturday.In that way, believing Raymond that he has been cheat all this time, he keep a watch on Melusine and he discover her snake's tail. Then, Melusine is missing for ever.

Biology: Medieval Recipes

ALMOND PUDDINGTo prepare this delicious Medieval recipe we need:1 cup almond milk

1 teaspoon of sugar

cup cream

teaspoon of unflowovred gelatin

teaspoon rose water

1- Heat lmond milk and add cream.2- Add sugar and rose water at low heat.3- when simmering again add gelatin.4- When you have mixed everything, refriferate for about 4 hours.5- Finally, serve it in a bowl and sprinkle it with sugar.

Biology: Medieval Food

Not everybody ate the same food.Poor people ate mostly barley in every recipe (such as pizza, pancakes, etc).Rich people usually ate a lot of bread, but it didn't have wheat, so it was tastier. They also ate meat such as pork, roast beef, indinan spicier like pepper and cinnamon.After the Crusades, the type of food change.

Biology: The Black Death

In the 14th century, a horrible disease appeared in Asia, Africa and Europe. The peeple called this illness the Black Death. The disease started in Asia in 1340s. It spreads soon to Africa and along Europe. Rats were the animals which carried this illness, caused by a bacterium, but the people didnt know it. They though it was a punishment from God for being a bad person. People believed that they would have the Black Death if they had a bad behaviour. Additionally, the hygiene was very bad in that times.Infected people first started to have red marks with dark centres on their arms and neck. Then, they had high fevers and they got more ill until they die. Other symptoms of the Black Death included delirium, the victim begin to vomit, to have muscular pains, bleeding in the lungs and mental desorientation

Biology: The Black Death

To cure the Black Death to infected people, their families and friends prayed for them. People were very Catholic. But these were many treatment like lancing the buboes they had, had a diet, witchcroft and they had pestilence medice, but usually it was pointless: this illnesses plage left 7500 people dead in Europe every day.The decline of the population wasnt the only consequence of the Black Death. This plague changed Europes social and economic structure. Because of this, the predominant religion started again to chase after Jews and lepers. The population were quiet insecure for their lives , they just didnt know if they could live another day more. The minorities who were chase, were accused by the predominant religion of poison the rivers, and to cause scandal in public. They were exterminated. There were more than 70 million of people who died because of the Black Death. Basically, the population fell pretty quickly and live in this age was very horrible and difficult. Looking at this, we can see that the Black Death was the most, or one of them, disease occur in our history.

Chemistry: Magic Potions in the Middle Ages

Medieval folk medicine was based on superstition. Deaths were attributed to the working of evil spirits, force or malevolent vains and the use of potions were commonly used to protect people from this evil things. Some of these potions were: the evil eye, abortion, elixir, the philosopher's stone, alchemy, etc. Now we are to talk about the philosopher's stone, the legend says that the one who obtain it will be inmortal. This stone has appeared in the first Harry Potter's book.

Franais: Les vtements au Moyen Age

Au Moyen Ages, les vtements ont t faits en laine et en lin. Les personnes riches se sont habills avec des couleurs brillants, meilleures matrieux et vestes longues en cuir.La majorit des ordres de saints sont habills avec d'habitudes en laine et ils peuvent tre distingus avec differntes couleurs. Le couleur blanc pour les cisterciens. Saint Benot a tabli que les vtements pour les moines ont t lisse et confortable.

Franais: Les chteux de la Loire

Les chteux ou la Loire sont la France, exactement en Loire. Il y a vingt chteaux ici. Ils ont contruits au Moyen Age.Le nom des ving chteaux sont: Domaine National de Chambord, Cite Royale de Loches, Chateau d'aza-de-Rudeaiu, Domaine de Checezny, Chateau de Saumer, Chateau et Yardins de Villandry, Chateau de Breze, Chateau des Duos de Bretagne de Nantes, Chateau de Valencay, Chateau de Sully-Sur-Loire, Chateau de Chenonceau, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-loire, Chateau de Langeais, Chateau d'Angers, Chateau Royal d'Amboise, Chateau Royal de Blois, Forteresse Royale de Chinon, Abbaye de Fontevraud, cole Nationale d'equitation de Soummur et Chateau du Close-Luce-Parc Leonardo Da Vinci.Ce lieu est trs clebre parce que c'est trs grand et beau.Ils chateaux reovent beaucoup de visites.

Lengua Castellana: Armadura Medieval

Lengua Castellana: El hroe Medieval

Un hroe medieval tena que ser honrado ante todo, fiel, culto y hbil. Adems, eran personas de una gran calidad humana.Solan llevar una armadura, generalmente bien cuidada que usaban para luchar por los dems. Entendan todo tipo de armas y las manejaban a la perfeccin.Adems, eran personas muy sabias. Un ejemplo sera Mio Cid,un hroe castellano que es desterrado por el rey Alfonso VI y hace todo lo posible por recuperar su honra. Las hazaas de Mio Cid se recogen en el cantar de gesta el Cantar del Mio Cid,y es el nico cantar de gesta casi completo en castellano. Se divide en tres partes: Cantar del destierro, Cantar de las bodas y Cantar de la afrenta de Corpes. Finalmente, el Cid gana su honra, que es lo ms importante para un hroe medieval.Este hroe posee todas las caractersticas anteriormente mencionadas.

Lengua Castellana: El papel de la mujer en la Edad Media

La mujer en la Edad Media era considerada como un mal y tambin como la causante del pecado en el hombre. Arcipreste de Hita, uno de los autores ms importantes de la Edad Media, escribi 'Elogio a la mujer chiquita', en el cual alaba a la mujer pequea porque, segn l, del mal has de tomar lo menos.El papel que la mujer tomaba en esta poca era el de tener hijos y cuidarlos, adems de encargarse de los labores de la casa.Solan ser excluidas de algunos eventos, votaciones, acontecimientos,etc... y no tenan acceso a muchos lugares. Eran totalmente inferiores al hombre y se les consideraban como un objeto decorativo.Afortunadamente, hoy en da esto ha cambiado mucho en bastantes pases.

Lengua Castellana: La Celestina, obra cumbre de la literatura espaola

La Celestina es una obra muy importante dela literatura espaola. Fue escrita por Fernando de rojas y se trata de una novela dialogada.Esta obra trata sobre un joven rico llamado Calisto que se enamora perdidamente de Melibea, pero sta no presta atencin en l. Calisto contrata a una vieja alcahueta para conseguir el amor de Melibea. Finalmente ambos mueren, ya que Calisto cae por un balcn y al ver Melibea que su enamorado ha muerto, decide suicidarse.En La Celestina hay dos versiones del mundo. En una visin Renacentista, que es el amor gozoso y sensual, y por otro lado tenemos una consciencia medieval, que, como castigo de este amor, los personajes mueren.El autor emplea dos niveles distintos de lenguaje, uno ms culto cuando son Calisto,Melibea y la familia de sta quienes hablan y un lenguaje vulgar cuando hablan los criados y la Celestina, aunque esto no implica que la alcahueta no usase un lenguaje ms elevado cuando ella lo viese conveniente. Esta creacin literaria se divide en actos y su primera edicin apareci en 1499, en Burgos.

Lengua Castellana: Lectura ambientada en la poca medieval

EL MDICOEsta extraordinaria novela histrica narra cmo Rob J. Cole, fascinado por la medicina, decide atravesar medio mundo para llegar a Ispahn, Persia, y all estudiar para convertirse en un gran mdico.Cuando llega a su destino, queda impresionado al ver la culta y rica Persia, pues Londres, su lugar de nacimiento, era todo lo contrario: el analfabetismo abundaba, al igual que la pobreza. Finalmente, Rob logra entrar en el maristn para estudiar medicina.Esta novela nos ensea que todo es posible, y que por muy difciles que parezcan, hay que perseguir los sueos paras hacerlos realidad.

Noah Gordon

Social Sciences: The Crusades (War)

One of the most important wars there were in the Middle Ages were 'The Crusades'.In this war, the main religions (Christians, Muslims and Jews) claimed Jerusalem, in the land of Palestine, as their holy city.Christians tought that Palestine must be for them because it was the place were Jesus died and he was cruxified.

Muslims believed that Jerusalem was for them because here, Muhammed went to heaven.

Jews tought that it was for them because it was the place of the ancient temple built by Salomon. There were many Crusades, on it, the people from different religions fought to obtein Jerusalem.The firs Crusade was in 1095 and they took place in Europe.

Social Sciences: Weapons

These weapons were the most used in the Middle Ages:Bows: There were the most commonly used from a distance.

Swards: It is the most famous weapon used in the Middle Ages. The nobles managed them very well.

Hammers: Carpenters used this weapon very commonly.

Daggers: They were used as an alternative in case the soldier's main weapon was unvailable, or in case he needed more flexibility.

Siege weapons: they were very widey used in the Dark Ages.

Social Sciences: Tournaments

The tournaemts were a way of entretainment in the Middle Ages. The tournaments were sponsored by rich nobles.A Medieval Tournaments, was a serie of mounted and armed combats, fought as contest.There were many types of tournaments, but in all of them knights fought against something or someone.

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