西方文化论文

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1、TheMisunderstandingoftheMiddleAgesandItsSignificancetoModernSocietyAbstract:Thispaperfocusesontheviewthat“TheMedievalTimesofEuropeisaDarkenAge，’’andanalyzesthatageindetailsfromfiveaspects:politics,economy，culture，educationandart.Pointouttheaboveviewmaybebiased.AsfortheMiddleAg

2、e，mostofuswouldlinkedtheagetobloodywarsandturbulentsociety,allthepeopleareruledbytheChristianity，thenoblecontinuouslysqueezethepoor.Theinstitutionandprincipleofthesocietywasbrokenandsodidlaw.Buteverycoinhastwosides，theMiddleAgehasitsuniquefeatureandsignificance.Fromthefiveaspe

3、ctswecouldhaveanewopiniontotheMiddleAge.Keywords:theMiddleAges;thedarkenage;misunderstanding;accomplishment摘要：本文围绕“中世纪的欧洲是一个黑暗的时代”这个普遍的观点，从政治、经济、文化、教育、艺术五个方面来说明阐释这个观点有失偏颇。提到屮世纪,大部分人会想到一个充满战乱和动荡的时期，中世纪的欧洲被神权所笼罩，贵族不断压榨穷苦百姓，社会的制度、规则都被破坏，法律遭到践踏，人民陷于黑暗之中。然而任何事物都有两方面，中世纪的欧洲真的黑暗吗？看似黑

4、暗，实则蕴藏着无比灿烂的光明。本会从五个方面展现中世纪的光明，带来对中世纪新的认知。关键词：中世纪；黑暗时代；误解；成就BackgroundInthehistoryofhumancivilization,theMiddleAges(476AD-1453AD)isconsideredbymanytobethe“darkenage.”Atthatage,theChristianchurchdominatestheEuropeandrestrictsthedevelopmentofcultureandthought，alsothechurchmakess

5、omewarsandconflictsamongtheEuropecountry，thenthereappearsthehereticandmanysocialmovements，thesethingsaredefinitelydarkenough.However，weneedtoanalyzetheMiddleAgeintheotherview,everycoinhastwosides，sodoestheMiddleAge.AsDampiersaid“Themedievaltimesisthecradleofmoderntimes”.Fromth

6、efiveaspects:politics，economy，culture，educationandart，thispaperelaboratesthesignificanceoftheMiddleAge，soastocompletelydenythe“darkperiod”argument.PoliticsDuringtheMiddleAges，thereappearsanewpoliticalsystemfeudalism.Itappearsin8thcenturyinCarolingiandynastyaftertheslaverysyste

7、mcometoanend.Feudalism,anewpoliticstructureofthesociety,itmeansanewrelationshipbetweenthekingandthenobleandthecivilian.Thewholecountryisunderthekings”control,butlandisdividedintomanypartandcontrolledbythenobleclass，thenmanydependentcountryappears，thisisnewtothatage，thepowerisa

8、lsodisintegratedwiththeland，inotherword,thecountries’politica