Medieval era

During the medieval era and the Renaissance era people had different perspectives on how they viewed their world. The people during the medieval ages were very religious and relied on the church, which held a lot of power. As well as, the development of feudalism created a divided society with a fixed social hierarchy, with the lord at the top and peasants at the bottom. In the Renaissance they had more individualistic views and separated their views from the church. They believed they could achieve

most important, musical eras in western civilizations would be the; medieval, Renaissance and Baroque time periods. With the basics of music with Gregorian chant and organum from the medieval era to the newfound polyphony texture from the Renaissance and the equal temperament and major-minor tonality of the baroque era; Each time period brings a part of the foundation that most past, present, and future music is and will be based on. While it may seem that these three eras or completely different

Tyler Sun December 14, 2014 Prof. Sparks HUMN 220 Chartres Cathedral The Medieval Era was one with explosive cultural and architectural growth across almost all of Europe. One of the places that experienced this the most was in France. With all of the radical changes happening in France, there was a huge emphasis on religion and as a result the Chartres Cathedral was created. The town of Chartres officially became a bishopric in the 4th century, and as with any bishopric the cathedral was the most

The Medieval, or Middle, Ages in Europe have often been called the Dark Ages, since they seem to have been lacking in many ways. However, the Church was always shining the light of the Gospel in even the darkest of places. “In the very bosom of this doomed society, a power remained which was capable of giving meaning to the drama, of bringing order out of disorder, of integrating the Barbarians into civilization and of using their youthful energies to restore the world to vigor and health. This

professionals in the present era. Lacking the technology and knowledge people have today, the people in earlier civilizations were faced with many obstacles. Among those obstacles were not only technological obstacles, but social obstacles as well. In some cases,

moment. If things can change in a very short time, how much more in hundreds of years. For the purpose of this paper, we’re going to address the fundamental changes in the Medieval and Renaissance era over those hundreds of years, especially concerning architecture, in which brought us to our present. The Medieval and Renaissance eras significantly altered the history not only through philosophy but through art and architecture as well in which was the aftermath of such evolution in

go…”. This quote was all too true for the women in the Medieval Era. In this era, women did not have a lot of power or control over their life. Women did not get to select who they marry. They could not choose who they bore children too. Women did not get to decide what kind of work they wanted. They had to know their place and their place was a child bearer, house maid, or nun. Although there was an idealization of women in the Medieval Era, the lives of women were arduous as they had little control

Medieval Era Universities The first universities in the world were established in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and England in the late 11th, 12th and 13th century Schooling was only offered to the formal leaders within certain religions and to a few members of the ruling classes. The person who has thought about making universities was Charlemagne. The education was being taught to most medieval Christians. Education was about service of translating, organising, copying and codifying of sacred

After the fall of the Roman Empire, in 450 the Medieval Era of music began. Early medieval music was influenced by the Roman Catholic Church with most compositions being sacred and not secular. Gregorian Chant was a melody set to sacred texts and is sung without accompaniments. There was also no meter, monotone texture, narrow pitch range and varied melody movements. Hildegard of Bingen was a female composer who wrote many Gregorian Chants, one being Kyrie the first part of the Mass. As far as secular

something that is often true about the Medieval Period, this is a time without social privileges unless you were born into wealth. Even if many were not born into wealth there are select few that have the advantage to be a nobleman, kings, queens, and church people. The people right under the king are the nobles. The nobles are born into their place in society which guarantees them wealth, privilege, and powerful family. During the times of the medieval era there was a form of government set up