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Feb 15, 2006 · Figure 2-3. “14th-century traveller Ibn Battuta’s tomb [Tangier, Morocco]. He saw the world, braved the storms, dined with kings, slept in palaces, felt the mysterious & bizarre. Yet his final resting place is in an obscure & humble abode in the midst of a society where life goes on, as it always has” Amro Ali.
Much of the evidence used to support this view was based on the series of apparently great disasters that struck Europe in the 14th century: the Mongol invasions, the great famine of 1315, the Black Death of 1348 and subsequent years, the financial collapse of the great Italian banking houses in the early 14th century, and the vastly increased ...
The women of the Renaissance, like women of the Middle Ages, were denied all political rights and considered legally subject to their husbands. Women of all classes were expected to perform, first and foremost, the duties of housewife. Peasant women worked in the field alongside their husbands and ran the home.
Mar 28, 2024 · The Ming dynasty, which succeeded the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368), was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu, who was of humble origins, later assumed the reign title of Hongwu. The Ming became one of the most stable but also one of the most autocratic of all Chinese dynasties. The basic governmental structure established by the Ming was ...
The 14th century managed to reach to the highest heavens with its feet firmly planted on terra firma. 15th Century. The fifteenth century was marked by the famous “War of the Roses” which was the legendary thirty year war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York which broke out in 1455.
The 19th century witnessed notable changes in marriage customs compared to previous centuries. Love and personal compatibility became increasingly important, women fought for greater rights within marriage, courtship became more independent, and legal and societal reforms aimed to improve the institution of marriage.
Jun 28, 2018 · Once again, the 14th century CE saw a new fashion, that of the cote-hardie, a tight jacket with sleeves going only to the elbows, and buttons or laces from the neck right down to the waist (laces were especially fashionable in the 12th century CE). Tied with a belt, the part below the waist billowed out like a skirt, sometimes with a dagged hem.
