Life in Medieval and Renaissance Europe to life in ancient Europe

Life in ancient Greece and medieval Europe

This essay briefly compares and contrasts a few salient features of life in ancient Greece and

medieval Europe

Familiarities

The life in ancient Greece and during the middle age in Europe has tremendous impact on our

lives today also . The effect of the ancient Greek lifestyle is direct and that of the middle age

Europe is indirect . The ancient Greeks have gifted to us system of governance like `democracy

and the master event of all masculine sports : the Olympic games . On the

br other hand , the

life style of middle age , gave rise to the age of new thinking , the renaissance . It was during the

middle age that intellectuals started their quest for knowledge , which led to an upsurge of

intellectual activities later . It was during the middle age that schools and Universities started

being established across Europe . These gave rise to centers of learning during the renaissance

period , later ( Daily life in ancient Greece , life

While studying the life style of ancient Greeks and the people of middle age Europe , one

more familiarity that strikes the reader is that in both the cases considerable stress was laid on

education of children . In ancient Greece , children were educated at primary level at home

mostly by the male slaves . The way education was imparted in the medieval period was slightly

different . Schools had already come into existence , and concept of language , math and science

had started developing slowly ( daily life in ancient Greece , life

Both the ages have given memorable gifts to mankind . The ancient Greeks have given us

1 ) trial by jury , 2 ) the Greek mythology , 3 ) democracy , and 4 recreational activity like

dramatics , while the middle age has opened the doors for establishment of schools for primary

level and universities for the higher level education . The invention of Guttenberg 's printing

press , is the greatest gift from the middle age to mankind . The forts and structures built by the

rulers for protection of citizens and worship of God , during these ages are remarkable pieces of

architecture ( daily life in ancient Greece , history

Contrasts

The ancient Greek era is timed up to5th century B .C . while the medieval European age is

timed from 4th century A .D . to the 14th century A .D . Life in ancient Greece marked the

development of one of the civilizations on this world , while life during the middle age is also

known as a dark age , because of the downfall of activities in almost all spheres of life ( daily life

in ancient Greece , life

The biggest contrast between the two is that slavery existed in ancient Greece whereas it had

no traces in the middle age Europe . Male and female slaves lived miserable lives and were

treated like commodities by their owners . They did not even have a right to have their own name

Slavery was so prominent in ancient Greece that there were as many slaves as the number of

citizens in ancient Greece

The Greek civilization spread...