written during the late Medieval Period. In 1337‚ Machaut became a Canon at Reims. It is believed that the The Mass was composed for this cathedral. The piece is a four-voice polyphonic Mass of the Ordinary. Machaunt’s Mass mainly embodies the typical formal structure of the plainsong Mass common to the period. The Kyrie has three sections‚ each performed three times. This three-part division was symbolic of the three parts of the Holy Trinity to the people of the medieval period. There are
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20 Medieval superstitions 1. It was general belief that witches were associated with bats and that if someone spotted a bat‚ it was considered bad luck. 2. Another superstition was that they thought horses repelled witches; therefore‚ witches rode brooms or pitchforks instead. 3. If a child rode on the back of a bear‚ he or she would be protected from whooping cough. 4. The lucky horseshoe came from the belief that horses repelled witches. They would hang horseshoes that were removed naturally
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are hardly distinguishable from one another.The medieval romances can be broadly divided into four categories-the Matter of Rome‚the Matter of France‚ the Matter of Britain and the "Matter of England." The matter of Rome deals with classical stories-the mightly exploits of Alexander‚ the Great‚ the Trojan war‚ the siege of Thebes‚ the siege of Troy‚ the adventures of Aeneas etc. It represents the ancient classical culture‚ as seen through medieval eyes. "This is not the world of Homer or of Pericles
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the disease. Many towns of medieval Europe were cramped and crowded and there was not a working sanitation system. The plague began to spread within the population because of the condition of the cities and the lack of understanding of health care. The rats within the cities became infected from the fleas brought in by trading ships and people became ill. Since conditions within the cities were not sanitary‚ there was no way to stop the disease from spreading. The medieval doctors could offer no comfort
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The Second Shepherds’ Play is a play set in the English countryside. The play addresses the real issues that were evident in the medieval era by employing an inversion of the Nativity story. Four character descriptions found in the play are as follows; Mak: Mak was a local thief who was already known by the shepherds as a sheep-thief. He denied being a thief but rather a messenger of a noble lord. He complains to the shepherds about his wife who gives birth every year and increases the mouths
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•For a long time the western music was monophonic. Monks from monastery choirs created a new form of music. They added a second line to Gregorian chants. This made the music polyphonic. Because it had more than one line. Medieval music that has two or more melodic lines is organum. •The estampie is from the thirteenth century. It is one of the earliest forms of music. It is played in triple meter. The estampie beat is strong and played very swiftly. It has a very upbeat sound and sounds very cheery
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Most depicted Biblical scenes and the lives of saints and martyrs. Stained glass windows were also created depicting the life of Jesus or other religious themes. These pictures served as a way to educate many of the people that were unable to read. Medieval artists also constructed altarpiece paintings to depict religious ideas and inspire devotion and illuminated books with intricate and miniature paintings of biblical scenes. Catholicism greatly impacted the High Middle Ages as evident in their
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Although some may believe that catapults were only utilized during the Medieval times‚ catapults have long been a part of history and have been diversely built by a number of civilizations. A catapult is a machine that fires projectiles by storing and quickly releasing energy. Catapults originated from the crossbow. As the crossbow increased in size‚ the weapon evolutionized into a machine‚ and the increase in size brought on changes in operation. The earliest known catapults were built and launched
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“None arrest‚ but all brain-seke” Protest Psychosis in Hoccleve’s Compleint and Dialogus cum amico Medievalists do not often think they have much in common with those who teach the literature of the Civil Rights movement. But then I read Jonathan Metzl’s Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease and I wondered how a medievalist might use the central theme of his book. Metzl’s thesis‚ distilled from decades of medical records at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
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Sam Harney Mr. Stewart 02.20.2013 Script for Presentation First slide * In the 13th century‚ the Black Plague killed 30-60% of Europe’s population. The medieval times were taking place * There was the hundred-year war between France and England * Feudalism was falling - the system of political organization prevailing in Europe:the relation of lord to vassal with all land held in fee and as chief characteristics homage‚ the service of tenants under arms and in court‚ wardship‚ and
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