Question

The "medieval era" describes the period of history

a. between the sack of Constantinople and the building of Chartres cathedral.
b. between the death of Aristotle and the birth of William Shakespeare.
c. between the fall of Rome and the coming of the Renaissance.
d. between the first Crusade and the invention of the printing press.

Answer 1

The 'medieval era' is correctly described as the period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance, which encompasses the 5th to the 15th centuries. This era featured complex social and cultural changes, debunking the notion of the 'Dark Ages'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question "The 'medieval era' describes the period of history" is best answered with option c. between the fall of Rome and the coming of the Renaissance. The Medieval era, also known as the Middle Ages, is traditionally defined as the time from the 5th century, with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, to the onset of the Renaissance in the 14th and 15th centuries. This era in European history saw significant changes in social, political, and cultural spheres, and is subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages.

The time period encompassed by the Medieval era saw the emergence of feudalism, the spread of Christianity and Islam, armed conflicts, and the rise and fall of various kingdoms and empires. Although once pejoratively referred to as the 'Dark Ages' by Renaissance scholars, modern historians recognize the Middle Ages as a vibrant and complex period that laid the groundwork for many aspects of modern Western society.

Answer 2

C.) between the fall of Rome and the coming of the Renaissance.

Step-by-step explanation:

We usually divide the medieval era into two periods: High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages.

• The High Middle Ages extended from the 5th to the 10th centuries. It was the time of consolidation in the Western Europe of feudalism, the predominant socioeconomic system in the medieval era.

• The Late Middle Ages comprehends from the eleventh century to the end of the medieval period in the fifteenth century. This is when feudalism peaked and went into decay. Slowly, it began to undergo transformations that would only be completed in the Modern Age, when it would be replaced, in the political field, by national monarchies and, in the economic, by the mercantilist system.

This period marks the fief as the economic base, the political structure based on the system of vassal and lord, certain social statism, where there was little mobility and a strong hierarchy between classes and the dominance of the Church in the religious scene. In addition, the medieval wars and the Black Death decimated much of the population of the time.