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The most important novelty that it introduced was:
Rules for the division of the Brevis figures (equivalent to a quarter note or a dotted quarter note, depending on the measure) and the Semibrevis (equivalent to a quarter note or a dotted quarter note, depending on the measure), with which the notational system included figures to designate smaller and smaller values. -
We consider the beginning of the Middle Ages the time when the Western Roman Empire fell, in 476 -
One of the most characteristic systems of the Middle Ages is feudalism.
This long historical period, known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage. This regime was established throughout Europe and worked in a similar way in all countries. -
As the Empire fell apart, a few men decided to get away from the violence of the Middle Ages and retreat to secluded places. Monasticism is not typical of Christianity, since it has manifested itself in other cultures. However, the monks of the Middle Ages, taking the example of Saint Benedict, had a very important role in supporting and preserving the cultural remains of the disappeared Roman Empire. -
Islam was born in 622 AD in Arabia and quickly spread throughout North Africa. It continued to advance, invading the Iberian Peninsula and reaching France, taking advantage of the weakness of the small Christian kingdoms, very divided at that time.
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Result of the measures adopted by the Roman pontiff Gregory VII. These measures sought the renewal of the Church and the affirmation of the authority of the Roman pontiff.
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The Middle Ages finished with the Fall of the Byzantine Empire and the Discovery of America. -
It is known as the Protestant Reformation —or, simply, the Reformation— to the Christian religious movement initiated in Germany in the 16th century by Martin Luther, which led to a schism in the Catholic Church to give rise to numerous churches and religious currents grouped under the denomination of protestantism -
The English Revolution took place, a series of confrontations for political power between the absolute monarchy and the members of Parliament. In England, the Glorious Revolution put an end to the absolutist monarchy and consecrated the parliamentary monarchy.
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July 4 commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. -
The French Revolution was a political, social and ideological movement that developed in France, from 1789 to 1804