I only take pain killers for cramps of when my back hurts bad or something.

Shes right you look like a queen from the mideval ages of the D.C time!

as i knew from my memory. *puts on nerd glasses*


The Middle Ages are one of the three major periods of European history: classical civilization, or Antiquity; the Middle Ages; and the modern period. "Middle" reflects the view of later historians that the art and scholarship of this period was (or should be) bypassed, with Renaissance scholars restoring direct links to the classical period. The term first appears in Latin in 1469 as media tempestas (middle time). The term medium aevum (middle ages) is first recorded in 1604.

Medieval historians did not, of course, think of themselves as being in the middle of history. Instead, they considered the Roman period, especially the time of the apostles, a historical peak. For later times, they saw continuous decline leading inevitably toward the apocalypse. In the 1330s, Petrarch referred to pre-Christian times as antiqua (ancient) and to the Christian period as nova (new). This division was based on a humanist perception of cultural and political decline as opposed to Christian theology. From Petrarch's Italian perspective, the Middle Ages was a time of national eclipse and the beginning of a new age brought with it the hope that the nation would be restored to its proper status. Leonardo Bruni was the first historian to use triparate periodization in History of the Florentine People (1442).Flavio Biondo, an Italian Renaissance humanist historian, used a similar framework in Decades of History from the Deterioration of the Roman Empire (1439-1453).

*blinks* at devcul's massive paragraph...

@ Queen Kat: I don't get them often which is great, but I figure my little nephew is on his way and if I don't rid of it now, I might not have the chance to enjoy his company haha

Hi Wings, hi Dev :) Dev you look all cute with Easter items. And wings I like the fishes...man I need an animal companion haha

theres more. If you can see... *Polishes my glasses* For the beginning of the Middle Ages, Bruni used 476.This is the year Romulus Augustus, the last Roman emperor in the West, abdicated. The western empire had already lost its military power by this time and Romulus Augustus was only a puppet emperor. Although many historians argue that this convention ascribes undue significance to an arbitrary year, it is still commonly followed. In contrast, Biondo used the sack of Rome in 410 by the Goths as the beginning of the period. For Europe as a whole, the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 is commonly used as the end date.Depending on the country or field, such events as the Turkish capture of Constantinople or the end of the Anglo-French Hundred Years' War (both 1453), the invention of the moveable type printing press in Europe by Johann Gutenberg (1455), the fall of Muslim Spain or Christopher Columbus's voyage to America (both 1492) can be used to mark the period's end. A scholar working on 15th century Italian history would be considered a Renaissance specialist, but those focusing on other parts of Europe for the same time period would be considered medievalists.
In England, the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485) is often considered to mark the end of the period.[4] For Spain, the death of King Ferdinand II (1516) is used. In the history of Scandinavia, the Middle Ages followed prehistory during the 11th century, when the rulers converted to Christianity and substantial written records began to appear. A similar shift from prehistory to the Middle Ages occurred in Estonia and Latvia during the 13th century.

I love this item :D

anyways. I need to write a paper due tomorrow so ciao.

*pouts* bye Kat! I'm doing homework and i'm on here

seeya. Thats my last paragraph about the middle ages.

I haven't started the paper yet though.

Bye Kat, good luck with the paper :)

@ Dev: Whoa... I feel like I just went through one of my history classes haha. At least that was the stuff I found most interesting in school

@ Wings: They are a great item.

I haven't either Kat :gonk:

*rolls in* <3
Hi everyone! I can't stay for long~

I'm off, got some company coming in. ::Waves:: Bye for now

hey Zea! on before school?

-doodles on Wings' eyeballs-

Bye Panda!
@ Wings: Yup :3

xD Hi Facade!

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Blegh blegh blegh, I need to go now. *sigh* Bye~

ACK! *sets fish on facade*

Heya Zea! :glomp:
...Does the current thread title sound threatening enough? :)

IF SOMEONE GETS THE LYRICAL REFERENCE I'LL GIVE THEM A SECRET PORTAL TO NARNIA! :squee:
Alas I ran out of the wardrobe-shaped ones, although I do have a toilet-shaped one left!

YOU'LL NEVER GET ME ALIIIVE, YOU FILTHY WINGS FISHES. D:<
-runs and hides in a local brothel-

THE FISH AREN'T AFRAID OF A BROTHEL!! :illgetu: GET HIM MY LOVELIES!!!

okay, I fixed up my picture. I don't know if anyone is on now that was when I showed it earlier, but is this better quality? (it was blurry before)
http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ll13copy-1.jpg

I think it's a bit better Kat, yeah.

alright. I think that's the best its going to get anyways.

Neat artsies, Kat! :D

-gives up- FINE, FISHIES, YOU'VE GOT ME. :gonk:
-strips naked and prepares for the worst-

alright. now I'm going to get dinner and sit down and write this evil 5 page paper.....