The Ottoman Empire


When the system strained for the Ottoman Empire during 1579-1639, the Ottoman Empire were going through lots of wars that strained the resources of the state while bringing limited material rewards. This is really interesting because they controlled turkey and a lot of the middle east and its really hard to control the middle east because a lot of trade goes through those countries and war would be a realistic thing to keep the empire in order at this time period.

The Ottoman Economy was very ahead of its time, the economy was controlled by the state. Economic activity increased the power and wealth of the state, which acted to distribute benefits to all. This sounds like it had a very sharing economy and everyone was equal under god and everyone deserved the same amount. And by having a good economy they wanted to expand and get imperial prosperity by military conquest.

Dante's Muhammad

A part in Dr. Franks dante's muhammad that i thought was interesting was the part with hell and dante and the different circles that dante's inferno has, it explains how the heretics are placed in the six circle in flaming tombs behind the gates of the city Dis. All of these different stages and circles are very interesting and wants me to read the whole book of dante's inferno.

The Decameron Day 2


The fifth day eighth story is an interesting story with Nastiago Degli Onesti falls in love with a girl and then he wants her to meet his relatives but then he sees a knight hunting down a young lady and then devoured by dogs, the girl that Nastiago is in love with sees the young lady who is devoured and asks Nastiago to marry her because she doesnt want to suffer the same fate as the young lady who was devoured by the dogs. This them of love and fear show that the Nastiago loves this girl but to get her to fall in love with him invites her over with her relatives but then she's sees this devoured young girl who is killed and she thinks that his family does this to all the young lades that Nastiago falls in love with and shows to his family and if they don't like her then she will suffer the same fate as the young devoured lady. This is very interesting how fear and love can be mixed in as the same theme

The with day first story is a very weird and interesting story it is about Masetto da Lamporcheccio is a deaf-mute who becomes a gardeners for a covent of nuns who all compete to lie with him. This is a very strange an erotic story that the nuns who are of catholic/christian faith when becoming a nun must not have sex because it is against the religion and this is weird because none of these nuns follow the religion and it shows the hypocriticalness and how none of these nuns follow the religion. Even to make the situation worse the guy is a deaf-mute and he can be more easily taken advantage of which is really bad and makes it 10 times worse if the nuns try to lay with him but he is pretending but the nuns do not know that when they try to lay with him.

The Decameron 


The theme that i thought really represented the mediterranean cultures was religion. Religion is the base of all Mediterranean cultures and everything revolved around religion at the time because people wanted something to believe in and it kept the people in order. Genesis is a very crucial part of the catholic religion that was used in the mediterranean at the time. The story of Adam and Eve gave a everyone a sense of calming that there was two people that started on this world by god and explains why there is sin because of how eve eats the apple that was seduced by the snake who was in disguise because it was the devil. If it wasn't for Religion no one would have any morals and there would be no need to do something for the expect ions of pleasure and want. The crusades involved religion, art involved religion, and music involved religion. Religion was the heart of all mediterranean studies and i think is the most important aspect or theme of these mediterranean cultures.

Middle Ages Travel Stories

Margery Kempe's travels around the mediterranean travels many to holy sites because she feels like she has a connection to the holy sites. I think that because she has this connection between the holy sites thats why she feels the she feels the same pain that christ experienced when he got whipped, crucified and etc. Kempe is a very religious person when she makes these travels and she feels very connected to every where she goes and she literally gets very emotional when she goes to these sites. There are many times in the text that Kempe gets rejected by different types of cultures and she really gets upset because of this and she says that she feels like how christ did when he was rejected by the people or the romans and that is the people who crucified him and she feels the same pain in a way that christ did in a sense of rejection. Kempe gets really emotional because of these holy sites and has accounts of connection with these sites.

2. I interpret this fable as you should always try new things in life and never have a dull life they start of this poem with them talking about trying new things and that archpriest went to experience the mountains which the poem said was foolish. The Apostle decrees that people should try new things.

1. I think that main themes in this poem are mystery and love. They start the poem off with the archpriest going into the mountains and trying new things this is very strange. It also starts off weird when the archpriest finds the cowgirl in the mountains and doesn't let him pass unless he pays the fee and if the doesn't he will get stripped instantly.

Commtessa De Die


This song is mostly about love and its from a women's perspective, and she explains her love for him and discusses that he betrayed her like she was ugly and she thought that she was tricked and betrayed. The song also says that her worth, beauty, or wits can help her get him back because of how he betrayed her.
The roll of mary in the songs is that she is a women trying to find love and that all men betray her and that she kind find the person that she's loves.