Slide 1:Four girls: Francesca Dajana Priscilla Alessia


Slide 2:Have visited the Middle Ages! How will it go to end? …to be continue


Medieval European and Italian History :Medieval European and Italian History By Francesca Arruffati


Medieval European History :Medieval European History Western Europe was under the rule of hundreds of feudal lords and kings. Castles dominated the landscape, and entire cities were built behind protective walls.


Slide 5:The Roman Empire formally legalized Christianity. The Church would be one of the most powerful medieval institutions, controlling publication of books and the making of laws. Much of medieval Europe's art and architecture has a direct connection to the Christian church.


Slide 6:Knights, soldiers, peasants and pilgrims marched along European roads and trails during the Crusades and brought back with them stories of differing cultures, and began to adopt their architecture, tales of Romance, and advances in medicine.


Medieval History of Italy :Medieval History of Italy Italy's geographic position, as well as its importance as the seat of power during the Roman empire makes this country rich in medieval history.


Slide 8:The succeeding centuries saw the development of many of Italy's most famous cities. Venice was founded in 811 by mainlanders escaping barbarian invaders.


Slide 9:In 1060, the country's first university was founded in Bologna.


Slide 10:Medieval Italy saw the birth of important literary works and became the cradle of Western art. In 1321. Dante Alighieri finished his La Divina Commedia (the Divine Comedy) which formed the basis of literature in modern Italian.


Slide 11:During the 13th century, Cimabue was one of the early pioneers to portray real people in real settings. Religious art wasn't abandoned, and some of the greatest medieval masterpieces continued to portray biblical scenes.


Slide 12:The Everyday woman By Dajana Marasciulo


Slide 13:Village Life Medieval villages consisted of a population of mostly farmers. Most were born, worked, married, had children and later died within the village, rarely venturing beyond its boundaries.


Slide 14:Medieval Clothing Medieval clothing varied, in fact the clothing of noble were different from the clothing of the lower class. The clothing of the farmers was very simple, composed by rags. While the clothing of the noble was very particular and expensive. The riders wore the armours.


Slide 15:The role of woman In the middle age the central figure was the man. The woman didn't have any right. Their only assignment was to do and to grow the children. The noble women were helped by the "nannies" for the growth of the children. The women of the poor classes were forced to work in the fields with the husbands. They were often abused.


Slide 16:Medieval games The medieval society had many games. Chess was very popular, like the games of hazard. The dices were easy to be transported and these were also used by the whole society and by the clergy. Checkers were a popular pastime.


Slide 17:Medieval food In the Middle age the feeding of everyone depended on the social class. The farmers didn't have the possibility to eat meat, their animals were used for working. The farmers ate above all bread and vegetables. And they drank wine to be happy. The nobles instead ate a lot of roast meat of pig and lamb. They didn't eat vegetables and honey was a very valuable food. They drank a lot of wine.


Slide 18:Medieval Chilvary The knight is the protagonist of Middle age By Priscilla Raguso


: The knights were born with Big Charles; The king offered Protection to the Knight.. …the knight had to fight in the army during the wars


Knights were members of the noble class… :Knights were members of the noble class… At 7 years,the noble children: Went to the monastery OR Went to abode of noble man


The Knight’s education :The Knight’s education The future knight: In the abode of noble man,the children it learned both to be in society, both to ride.. Accompanied the knight in the battles, helping to wear him the armor and assisting him when he was wounded


The Equipment :The Equipment


: Initially the armor of the knights was constituted by a crush of sweater… During XII century, this armor went extending herself: infact,it was divided in different parts.


Slide 24:The CIMIERO: this ornament made the identification easy on the battleground The METALLIC SWEATER: this part of the armor was the typical iron’s sweater of medieval knight. The weight was around 9-14 kg!!! The SCUDO: it served for protecting the body of the knights


The weapons :The weapons The SWORD was the weapon most important of the knight, the same symbol of the cavalry. Other weapons were the LANCE, the AX and the BIG SWORD used for fighting “a foot”


Curiosity about knights! :Curiosity about knights! Some Chivalric orders had curious name such as: the Dog an Cock;the Fools;the Scarf and the Broom Flowers;the Sloves of Virtue and Neighborly Love;the Palm and the Alligator.


The Knight’s Love :The Knight’s Love The knight was the protagonist of adulterer love.


The knight was subdued to the woman… :The knight was subdued to the woman… Infact,the knight was ready to anything for the love of the woman..


Slide 29:The Middle Ages had a renaissance in literature. IN the Middle Ages books were very rare. Were hand-copied by monks Medieval Literature The troubadours sang in the courtyards about epic battles involving Roland Arthur and Carlo Magno.Language saw further development during the Middle Ages. Capital and lowercase letters were developed with rules for each. By Alessia Romano


Slide 30:Monks and Illuminated Texts Medieval monasteries were the refuges for book copying during the Middle Ages. The Bible was certainly the most copied book of the Middle Ages. Not only was the Church interested in using these Bibles to spread its gospel throughout the land, these volumes were to be a veneration of beauty


Slide 31:Troubadour is the generic term for poets and minstrels who flourished in southern France and in Northern Italy. During this time, works from medieval monks had become tired. The public wasn't as interested in hymns, chronicles and treatises penned in medieval Latin. These new stories were sang, while music was played on strange, new musical instruments, brought back to Western Europe from the Crusades. Troubadours


Slide 32:The most popular medieval works were the fabliaux, or fables. These humorous short stories, penned by authors from varying classes, enjoyed an immense audience. Most early medieval works were penned by authors who remain virtually anonymous. Early Works


Slide 33:La Chanson de Roland (the Song of Roland) remains one of the most studied medieval epic poems. This is the story of Roland While the poem is far from historical truth, this tale remains one of the great examples of early French literature. One of the greatest works in all of literature was penned in Italy during the Middle Ages. Dante Alighieri finished his La Divina Commedia (the Divine Comedy) in 1321. The first of the three volumes, the Inferno,but Purgatorio and Paradiso, the remaining volumes of La Divina Commedia, continue Dante's journey through more of the afterlife. Meval Englanedid thrilled to the adventures of King Arthur and his knights. The first stories about Arthur were actually penned in French in a work called "La Morte d'Arthur" (the Death of Arthur). Medieval masterpieces


Slide 34:Fine!!! ops.... ...The End!!!!


Slide 35:Project of: Francesca Arruffati Dajana Marasciulo Priscilla Raguso Alessia Romano