medieval life and times encompass one of the most exiting and interesting times in English and European history. The medieval people of the Middle Ages and dark ages are war like they seek to conquer new lands and are described as barbaric. The crusades exposed the English and Europeanso to a more refined society and the great eastern fortresses witch influenced medieval architecture. The elegance of the fare East with its silks, tapestries, precious stones, perfume, spices, pearls and Ivory promoted a change in society with a new and unprecedented interests in elegant manners and beautiful objects and new routes for medieval trade. But meanwhile the medieval battles for new territory and power raged on in medieval history.