Entry #1: Daily Life
Today it is monday, October 13th and my day is going great so far. My name is Joseph and I am a knight in Medieval Europe. I am a experienced knight and I am 23 years old. Feudalism is ok to me because I get land that I can do a lot with by protecting everyone and get paid by land. I make my income from my land. I give protection to the nobles, kings, and serfs and the nobles give me land. My job is to protect the people in the city. My daily routine is I wake up and train for two hours off and on my horse using all sorts of weapons. But if we are fighting people I have to help as I am very experienced and can help the battlefield a lot. I enjoy my job because we have lots of protection and I am very good at what I do. I don’t get hurt a lot and when I do it isn’t bad. I am happy with my job because I live in a decent house and own a good amount of land. I also make a decent amount of income. I don’t want to be a serf because it would be hard work and not very much money, even though they are protected by knights. My manor has one slave and my wife and our two kids that are training as knights. I exchange my money for food and water. I don’t like Vikings because they are so silent and deadly. They are like assassins. The Vikings have tried to raid one of our castles and have failed because we scared them off.
Today it is monday, October 13th and my day is going great so far. My name is Joseph and I am a knight in Medieval Europe. I am a experienced knight and I am 23 years old. Feudalism is ok to me because I get land that I can do a lot with by protecting everyone and get paid by land. I make my income from my land. I give protection to the nobles, kings, and serfs and the nobles give me land. My job is to protect the people in the city. My daily routine is I wake up and train for two hours off and on my horse using all sorts of weapons. But if we are fighting people I have to help as I am very experienced and can help the battlefield a lot. I enjoy my job because we have lots of protection and I am very good at what I do. I don’t get hurt a lot and when I do it isn’t bad. I am happy with my job because I live in a decent house and own a good amount of land. I also make a decent amount of income. I don’t want to be a serf because it would be hard work and not very much money, even though they are protected by knights. My manor has one slave and my wife and our two kids that are training as knights. I exchange my money for food and water. I don’t like Vikings because they are so silent and deadly. They are like assassins. The Vikings have tried to raid one of our castles and have failed because we scared them off.
Entry #2: Power of the Church
Hello, My name is Joseph. I am a knight and I protected the church. Religion is important in my life because if you were excommunicated you couldn’t go to heaven. If someone that was high in power was excommunicated it was a big thing. The Pope, Pope Gregory VII excommunicated the king, King Henry IV. Some people used indulgences to be forgiven. The church offered guidance and leadership. I don’t think the church is fair because all they wanted was money. To be forgiven, you could just pay them a large sum of money. That really wasn’t fair for the surfs or knights who couldn’t pay that much money for indulgence. The tithe was almost not very equal either. Then, they were not able to go to heaven which most upper class people looked down upon.
Hello, My name is Joseph. I am a knight and I protected the church. Religion is important in my life because if you were excommunicated you couldn’t go to heaven. If someone that was high in power was excommunicated it was a big thing. The Pope, Pope Gregory VII excommunicated the king, King Henry IV. Some people used indulgences to be forgiven. The church offered guidance and leadership. I don’t think the church is fair because all they wanted was money. To be forgiven, you could just pay them a large sum of money. That really wasn’t fair for the surfs or knights who couldn’t pay that much money for indulgence. The tithe was almost not very equal either. Then, they were not able to go to heaven which most upper class people looked down upon.
Entry #3: The Crusades
Hello my name is Joseph. The first crusade was the crusade who affected me most. Over thirty thousand men, I as one of them went to go fight for Jerusalem, the holy city. The symbol of the crusades was the red cross. The holy war between the muslims, jews, and christians. The cause of the first crusade was the muslims at first allowed jews and christians, but changed it and stopped allowing people into Jerusalem. The red cross was stitched onto all the knights and serfs to make them look unified. The crusade was very brutal and the outcome was that we defeated the muslims and jews for now. We conquered the holy city. Then after 50 years later the muslims conquered Jerusalem again. The pope then called for a 2nd crusade to take the city back again. This changed my life because I had to go risk my life a lot in the crusades. I could easily die. Whenever I came back alive I earned more reputation.
Hello my name is Joseph. The first crusade was the crusade who affected me most. Over thirty thousand men, I as one of them went to go fight for Jerusalem, the holy city. The symbol of the crusades was the red cross. The holy war between the muslims, jews, and christians. The cause of the first crusade was the muslims at first allowed jews and christians, but changed it and stopped allowing people into Jerusalem. The red cross was stitched onto all the knights and serfs to make them look unified. The crusade was very brutal and the outcome was that we defeated the muslims and jews for now. We conquered the holy city. Then after 50 years later the muslims conquered Jerusalem again. The pope then called for a 2nd crusade to take the city back again. This changed my life because I had to go risk my life a lot in the crusades. I could easily die. Whenever I came back alive I earned more reputation.
Entry #4: Black Death
The Bubonic Plague, also known as The Black Death was a bad time. The plague got to Europe by ships from China. It was a disease carried by rats and then transferred by fleas. My friends go the plague but I stayed away from them. Some symptoms of The Black Plague were fever, headaches, chills, weakness, and buboes. One of the treatment options was blood-letting which they let blood to try to cure the disease. Most of my friends who had The Black Plague died the only survivor was Tristan. Nostradomus was a peasant girl who claimed to hear God. She became an army commander and brought encouragement to her troops. She helped win the battle at Oreans, then she was captured by the English. She was found guilt and buried in the strike. Almost 30 years later she was found innocent and is now the Saint Joan of Arc.
The Bubonic Plague, also known as The Black Death was a bad time. The plague got to Europe by ships from China. It was a disease carried by rats and then transferred by fleas. My friends go the plague but I stayed away from them. Some symptoms of The Black Plague were fever, headaches, chills, weakness, and buboes. One of the treatment options was blood-letting which they let blood to try to cure the disease. Most of my friends who had The Black Plague died the only survivor was Tristan. Nostradomus was a peasant girl who claimed to hear God. She became an army commander and brought encouragement to her troops. She helped win the battle at Oreans, then she was captured by the English. She was found guilt and buried in the strike. Almost 30 years later she was found innocent and is now the Saint Joan of Arc.
Entry #5: The Decline of Feudalism
Nov 4th
Dear, Journal
Today we have no more feudal pyramid. I used to be a knight and no longer have use. I am now replaced by gunpowder. The government has also become stronger but we have quite a few less people with the plague. Trade has also gone up due to the plague being gone. Art, learning, and literature used to be less important until our government got stronger and art, learning, and exploration is reborn. Feudalism was no longer needed due to gunpowder, the plague, and the rise of government. My life will change because I will have more land due to less people and won’t have to risk my life due to gunpowder. I will learn art and literature because it is something that most people do not know. The nobles also made the king sign the Magna Carta making everything as fair as possible.
Nov 4th
Dear, Journal
Today we have no more feudal pyramid. I used to be a knight and no longer have use. I am now replaced by gunpowder. The government has also become stronger but we have quite a few less people with the plague. Trade has also gone up due to the plague being gone. Art, learning, and literature used to be less important until our government got stronger and art, learning, and exploration is reborn. Feudalism was no longer needed due to gunpowder, the plague, and the rise of government. My life will change because I will have more land due to less people and won’t have to risk my life due to gunpowder. I will learn art and literature because it is something that most people do not know. The nobles also made the king sign the Magna Carta making everything as fair as possible.