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The event that marked the beginning of the Middle Ages was the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476. -
The invention of a notation for music became indispensable. The first form of musical writing took place between the 8th and 9th centuries. From the 8th century onwards, signs began to be written above the text, which imitated the displacement of sounds towards the bass and the treble.
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The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba was built in the 8th century under Emir Abd ar-Rahman I on the remains of a Visigothic Christian church.
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Feudalism is the economic, political and social system of the Middle Ages characterized by the division of society into three great estates (nobility, clergy and peasantry).
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Carlomagno is crowned emperor by Papa León III -
The Portuguese prince Don Pedro, Count of Barcelós, collected the Book of Songs, the Galician-Portuguese poetry of Juan Alfonso de Baena, better known as the Songbook of Baena. -
In this period the most widespread musical forms were the motet, the mass, the polyphonic song and the villancico (as a Spanish contribution). Among the composers, the most outstanding figure was Josquín des Pres (1440-1521), who cultivated both religious and secular music.
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After years of secret research and testing, Johannes Gutenberg came up with the invention of the printing press around 1450, a system that would transform the dissemination of knowledge in Europe. -
The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453. -
The Modern period ends with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453. -
Nicolás Maquiavelowas an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, civil servant and writer, considered the father of modern political science, and an important figure of the Italian Renaissance.
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The Last Supper is an original mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci executed between 1495 and 1498. It is located on the wall on which it was originally painted, in the refectory of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1980.
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Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet who wrote The Prince in 1513, but was published in 1532. -
Elizabeth the first became queen in 1558. She was the last of the Tudor dynasty. -
Antonio de Cabezón was a Spanish organist, harpist and composer of the Renaissance who published Obras De Musica Para Tecla, Arpa Y Vihuela. -
The Modern period ended with the French Revolution, in 1789.