Middle+Ages+Artifacts

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 * Frederick I- "Barbarossa"​ || ||
 * [[image:Frederick_I_Barbarossa_Bust.jpg align="center"]] ||  ||
 * This bronze bust depicts Frederick I, a Holy Roman emperor. He is known in history as Barbarossa, which also means "read bear". Barbarissao, along with Richard the Lionheart of England, and King Phillip II Augusts of France, led the third crusade.

The third crusade took place between years 1191 to 1192. The Muslim victory of the Second Crusade (1147-1149) sparked the response of Barbarossa, Richard the Lionheart of England, and King Phillip ll Augustus of France. Eventually, in 1192, Richard the Lionheart of England regained most of the Mediterranean Coast, but Jerusalem remained Muslim territory. || This painting displays a scene of a knight, warriors who served the vassals, lords, and kings ruling medieval society, in battle. Knights were part of the system of feudalism. Feudalism was a term used to define the relationship between Lord and Vassal in the medieval society.

This piece of art is from one of the manuscripts that capture their exploits, Codex Manesse. The Codex Manesse is believe to have been complied by Johannes Hadlaub. The manuscript not only contains pictures like this, but also stores love songs said to be written by Minnesanger, a German poet. ||
 * Leif Erickson Sights Newfoundland || Leif Erickson's Settlement in Newfoundland ||
 * [[image:Leif_Ericson_Sights_Newfoundland.jpg align="center"]] || [[image:Leif_Ericson_Settlement.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * This black and white painting shows the moment when Leif Ericson, a famous viking, first sighted Newfoundland in the year 1000. Ericson and his crew of vikings set sail from Greenland, and then created a settlement in Newfoundland called L'Anse aux Meadows.

The Vikings were mainly known for the invasion that they employed on Europe. It is said that their main reason for sailing to Europe was overpopulation in Scandanavia, a country in Norway. || This modern picture is of the Viking Settlement, settled by Leif Ericson in year 1000. It is located on the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland.

Ericson wasn't precisely looking to settle land. It was only until he was on a return trip to Norway that his ship was blown off course in a storm and he sought this land. Archaeologists later recovered the remains of the settlement, now sure that Leif Ericson visited North America in the 1000s. ||
 * Economic Advances of The Middle Ages ||  ||
 * [[image:Depiction_of_Economic_Advances.jpg align="center"]] ||  ||
 * This ornamet is of the economic advances during the Middle Ages. This one precisely shows the "three-field system", one of the greatest architectural at the time.

Technological advances such as these boosted the population. Merchants organized themselves into trade guilds, moving toward bigger cities for bigger profits. The use of "hard" currency became very popular, and they even started building banking houses in Italy. ||  ||
 * Black Death Coverage Map || Medieval Priest ||
 * [[image:Black_Death_Map.gif align="center"]] || [[image:Preist_prays_for_Black_Death_Vicitims.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * This map shows the areas in which the Bubonic Plague, also know was the "Black Death", struck. In a few years, it was estimated that 25 million Europeans died of the disease.

The disease, originally starting in Asia during October of year 1347, spread rapidly through to Europe. One of the most busy trading cities of the time, Constantinople, was hit by the plague during December of year 1347. || This drawing illustrates a European Priest praying for the victims of the Black Death. The Bubonic plague, another name for the Black Death, was said to have originated in Asia, only to travel here and ruin millons of lives.

Merchants and other sales people were greatly impacted. They couldn't sell their goods if there were no people to sell them to. It was so horrible that Christians even looked at it as the wrath of God. ||