Middle+Ages+Artifacts

​ nave of the Cathedral of Siena. The construction was never to be finished.The plague continued to spread to the Black Sea by 1346. The plague ravaged Europe for the next three years. The unThe plague also played an important role in the siege of Kaffa. This picture painting shows what the nave of the cathedral was to look like. || Battle of Poitiers 15th century description. Battle took place September 19, 1356. This battle was a devastating defeat for French king, John II. As Europe began to recover from this war, it opened many new market opportunities. It was a key point in the 100 year war. This is a painting of the Battle of Poitiers. In the painting you may notice there are several examples of the weoponry in that time. One such type of weaponry of that time was the crossbow. The crossbow was light, could fire far, and it could be loaded quickly. || Corp. //ABC-CLIO Ancient and Medeval erras//. Web. 9 Oct. 2009. . || Battle of Poitiers. 15th century. Instructional Resources Corp. //ABC-CIO//. Web. 9 Oct. 2009. . ||
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 * The Black Plague outbreak caused the stop of the construction on the
 * Unfinished nave of Cathedral of Siena. 14th century. Instructional Resources

Gallery of Art. //ABC-Clio World History//. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. . || Rowel Spur. c.a. 1400. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of William H. Riggs. //Artstor//. Web. 2 Nov. 2009. <http://library.artstor.org/library/ #3|search|1|Medieval20Europe|Multiple20Collection20Search ||
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 * This picture depicts the winter living of a peasent. If you look towards the top of the painting you'll see a man walking a mule. Mules could be used for farming or transportation of things such as goods. Also, you'll see sheep in a pen. After the plague and most live stock was devistated, people reverted to raising sheep for their woll. Near the sheep pen, you'll also see some barrels of grain. || This is a photograph of the rowl spur from the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. The origin of this assumed to be French or Spanish (Catalonia). This would be used when riding a horse. Spurs are used to jab horses in the side to make the go forward or give them commands. They trained them with this and after the horse had learned you just use your foot. ||
 * Winter in medieval peasant village. early 15th-century . Web Gallery of Art, Web

early 800's. It is made of silver with amber insets. Also, it is decorated with masks in the form of birds or bats heads. It was first made in Britian by the Celts. These open ring brooches were harder to make then normal closed rings. They were considered more stylish and worn by most wealthy women. || //ARTstor//. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. <http://library.artstor.org/library/
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 * This is an open ring brooch that is assumed to be Pictish or Irish. It was made in the
 * Open Ring Brooch. Early 800's. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Newyork, Newyork.
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