educated/literate people were the church officials such as monks‚ clerics‚ and priests 4.Who were allowed to sing in church? The priests and the choir 5.Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred 6.Was most medieval music vocal? Yes 7.What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? Official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Monophonic melody set to sacred Latin text‚ Calm otherworldly
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The Middle Ages was a period from about 500-1500; It was a time of cultural diffusion in Europe to create what was known as the medieval society. However‚ chaos and war were prevalent‚ and people needed a system of protection: feudalism. Feudalism is a loosely organized system of dividing and exchanging land for service and loyalty. Greater lords would divide their land into estates called fiefs and give it to multiple vassals while also promising protection to the vassals. The vassals would then
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society has been unsuccessful in dealing with the mentally insane and the mentally challenged. Our current legal scholars focus on debating the legal rights and challenges of the inhabitants of mental institutions. Obviously‚ those deemed insane in medieval England did not fare much better and in fact encountered even more difficulties by the very nature of society during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The king claimed jurisdiction over crimes and felonies as Pleas of the Crown that included
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political‚ religious and cultural revivals began to shape Europe. These changes were made possible for several reasons. One of those reasons was that Europe had become more settled after numerous invasions that occurred in the Early Middle Ages. The medieval kings began to apply centralized control. Advancement in agricultural practices also contributed to the European reform‚ as increased food supply stimulated commercial and urban growth. Also‚ due to pressures from the church‚ internal warfare and
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(ABC-CLIO). Arnaut was a romantic who was often highly infatuated by a beautiful woman and wrote commonly about his longing for her. In the medieval twelfth century‚ a rise in courtly love was seen. This love is classified by a relationship in which a pursuer seeks after their beloved‚ but will never fully possess them. Courtly love had two main effects on Medieval European culture. The first was that it created a refined and elevated language in a way people could describe their passion and love. The
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poem end with a glorification of heavenly love? Stamo Stamov Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde is a poem that treats a couple of aspects about love typical for the genre of the medieval drama. The middle age literature divides the world to heavenly – a world of Christian virtue and perfection‚ and sublunary – the material world where people lives‚ a world where nothing is permanent and human personality is week and imperfect. So
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Andrew Ray English 205 3/5/2012 Antifeminism in Medieval Literature Literature throughout the middle ages was often extremely antifeminist‚ in large part due to the patriarchal nature of society and the lack of female writers. Women were portrayed as vile temptresses‚ whose very existence revolved around causing man misery. This style of writing is strongly evidenced in The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight where Geoffrey Chaucer and the Pearl Poet create characters to
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Module Three: Lab Questions Your first lab link‚ about Medieval and Renaissance instruments‚ can be found at Iowa State University[->0]. The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question: Which instrument looks like a snake? Serpent Which instrument is played by winding a crank? Hurdy-Gurdy Which instrument "is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed"? Rauschpfeife Which instrument has been called the most versatile
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Some lords had many vassals‚ giving them much power and service pledges. The manor soon developed into its own self-sustaining community‚ with people farming land‚ earning money‚ trading amongst themselves. They were in some ways the cities of the medieval world. The system lasted for hundreds
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Medieval English Literature (ca 700-1485) Those Who Pray‚ Work‚ and Fight |It is well known that in this world |and defend our land against an invading army. | |there are three orders‚ set in unity: |Now the farmer works to provide our food‚ | |these are laboratores‚ oratores‚ bellatores. |And the worldly warrior must fight against our foes‚ | |Laboratores are those who labor for our living;
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