It is the year of 2001, and an unusual and never before disease has come about. In an old, haunted, and abandoned village lives infectious and poisonous snakes. They may look sweet and innocent, but the poison they could inject you with will cause your whole body to expand like huge blow-up Halloween costumes. What's the problem with this, you might ask? Your whole body will blow up while your teeny tiny head shrinks down inside of your expanding body, engulfing it so that eventually you would suffocate to death. Before long, you will not be able to see, hear, or talk, because your head will be covered by your now enormous body. The snakes from these villages managed a clever escape, secretly crept, and continue to creep, into homes and buildings, injecting their poison into the blood streams of innocent individuals. The poison is not felt from the snake bites, therefore no one knew why they were suddenly blowing up. After only a few days, people would be seen being rolled down the street to hospitals trying to gasp for air, scream, and call for help because they could no longer walk or fit into a car. The name of this disease? Macobaphoba. A cure is not yet known, so infected humans have to suffer until death. Stay away from long, blue, slimy snakes to attempt to avoid this disease, but even those who try to escape it eventually fall into its trap.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Notes on the Black Death
Black Death
- also known as Bubonic Plague
- occurred in the 1300s, the Gothic period
- no one though the disease would strike Europe
- The Prince came up with a plan - an effective form of warfare
- He ordered his troops to load catapults with dead bodies
- They will catapult the plague bodies into the city.
- The ones who could escape set sail for Italy.
- The rats hid in the ships headed for the Mediterranean.
- Within a month, the Black Death had spread throughout Sicily.
- The people thought they were witnessing the end of the world.
- It was diagnosed that there were two types of plagues. One was more infectious than the other.
- The rich people fled from the plague.
- 1/3 of European society dies - 1348-1350
Application to Be a Knight
Q: Why do you want to be a knight?
A: I want to be a knight because I have worked very hard as a squire to get here. I also want to gain a lot of respect from the people around me and I want to known by the people. I also love to fight which would make being a knight very fun for me.
Q: Are you educated?
A: Yes, I am educated. When I was about eight years old I went to a castle and was trained to become a knight. I strengthened my body and started to learn how to fight as a knight. I was also taught how to read and speak. Then when I was fifteen I became a squire and helped a knight out with his food an armor.
Q: Why would you make a good knight?
A: I think I would make a good knight because I have been training for this for many many years. I know how to fight and use a sword and everything. I know I would be willing to give up everything just to fight and I will not be afraid of death.
Q: Have you ridden horseback?
A: Yes, I have ridden horseback. I actually started riding horseback when I was eight years old and started learning about how to be a knight.
Q: Have you fought before?
A: I have never fought a real, official fight as a knight, but I have fought in practice fights when I was learning and training to be a knight.
Q: Are you willing to give up your life to fight?
A: I am definitely willing to give up my life for fighting. I know that as a knight it will be dangerous and I am ready for the danger. I would rather die as a courageous knight then as a coward.
Q: Are any family members knights?
A: My father and brother are both knights. My father's brothers were also knights, so I want to carry on the tradition in my family and be one as well. It is an important part of our family history.
Q: When did you first want to be a knight?
A: I wanted to be one when my father became a knight because I saw how powerful he was. He was always ready for anything and could face any challenge at any time. Many people looked up to him.
Q: What qualities do you possess that are good to have as a knight?
A: I am a leader, courageous, and loyal. I know what needs to happen in situations and can figure out what should be done in order for something to go the right way.
Q: How long would you want to be a knight?
A: As long as you needed me to be one.
Source:
Wikipedia. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight>.
Picture Source:
Wikimedia Commons. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gothic_armor_2.jpg>.
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Source:
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/>.
Notes on Romanesque and Gothic Art
Art
- 1000 - 1100 Romanesque
- Fortress-like places
- Judgment day
- The sculpture represents the millennial theology.
- Round archways, heavy oppressive stone
- 1100 - 1400 Gothicc
- Full of images of light
- Stained-glass windows
- Elegant archways
Notes on Architecture
Art
- 1000 - 1100 Romanesque
- Fortress-like places
- Judgment day
- The sculpture represents the millennial theology.
- Round archways, heavy oppressive stone
- 1100 - 1400 Gothicc
- Full of images of light
- Stained-glass windows
- Elegant archways
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Notes on the Middle Ages
We have social mobility. In the middle ages, there was no social mobility. If you were born a peasant, then you would die a peasant.
Monsters
- They did not know if they should or should not preach to the dog heads. They believed they should because they had human souls.
- They had debates that if they did see these dog heads than they should preach to them.
Church
- The lead authority was the Church.
- People learned how to read and write from the monastery.
Classes/Orders
- Those who pray
- Those who fight
- The rest, those who work
CAPETIAN DYNASTY
- close allied relationship with Church
- Paris became the capital
1095 - year Pope Urban II called for crusade
- Muslim armies were more organized and stronger
- First Crusade is a failure