Sining

• Ipinatayo ni Justinian ang simbahan ng Hagia Sophia na ang ibig sabhin ay Church of Holy Wisdom o Banal na Karunungan.
• Ito ay ginawa ng mahigit 10,000 tao at natapos pagkalipas ng pitong taon.
• Pinagsama sa Hagia Sophia ang lahat ng magaling sa klasikal at Kristiyanong sining 
• Sa labas, makikita rio ang malalaki at matitibay mga pader at dambuhalang dome. Ang loob nito ay napupuno ng makukulay na mga larawan ni Hesukristo at mga santo.

Panitikan (Beowulf)

 

   Bagaman katutubo sa Inglatera ang makatang kumatha ng Beowulf, hindi talaga sa Inglatera naganap ang pangyayaring nasa tulang ito, sapagkat isang Geat si Beowulf, ang bidang bayani, na nangangahulugang nanggaling siya sa timog ng Sweden. Samantala isa namang Danes si Hrothgar, ang haring tinulungan ni Beowulf. Naganap sa Dinamarka ang halos kabuoan ng mga kaganapan sa epikang Beowulf. Pinaniniwalaang unang nasulat ang Beowulf noong mga ika-6 na daantaon. Bagaman hindi kapantay ng kabantugan ng Iliada ni Homer, itinuturing na isang marangal, nakapagpapasigla, at panlalaki o makapantaong tula ang Beowulf sapagkat nagpapakita ng katapangan, katapatan, kagandahang-loob, kadakilaan ng pag-iisip, at pagmamahal sa karangalan at maging sa panganib

The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an heroic poem based on the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature. It exists in various manuscript versions which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries. The oldest of these is the Oxford manuscript which contains a text of some 4,004 lines (the number varies slightly in different modern editions) and is usually dated to the middle of the twelfth century (between 1140 and 1170). The epic poem is the first and most outstanding example of the chanson de geste, a literary form that flourished between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries and celebrated the legendary deeds of a hero.

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia) is the title usually employed to designate an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321; the author's own title for the work was simply "Comedìa". The epithet Divina was later applied to it by Giovanni Boccaccio, and the first printed edition to add the word divine to the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce,^[1] published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature,^[2] and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.^[3] The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language.^[4] It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven;^[5] but at a deeper level, it represents allegoricallythe soul's journey towards God.^[6] At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.^[7] Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse"

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style, characterised by pointed arches. Examples of Romanesque architecture can be found across the continent, making it the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman Architecture. The Romanesque style in England is traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.

Combining features of Roman and Byzantine buildings and other local traditions, Romanesque architecture is known by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults, large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular, symmetrical plan so that the overall appearance is one of simplicity when compared with the Gothic buildings that were to follow. The style can be identified right across Europe, despite regional characteristics and different materials.

Many castles were built during this period, but they are greatly outnumbered by churches. The most significant are the great abbey churches, many of which are still standing, more or less complete and frequently in use.^[1] The enormous quantity of churches built in the Romanesque period was succeeded by the still busier period of Gothic architecture, which partly or entirely rebuilt most Romanesque churches in prosperous areas like England and Portugal. The largest groups of Romanesque survivors are in areas that were less prosperous in subsequent periods, including parts of Southern France, Northern Spain and rural Italy. Survivals of unfortified Romanesque secular houses and palaces, and the domestic quarters of monasteries are far rarer, but these used and adapted the features found in church buildings, on a domestic scale.