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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1200
Political timespan
Feudalism was the predominant system of political, social and economic organization in the Middle Ages. With feudalism, a new system was created that allowed balance and mutual aid between royalty and the nobility, giving rise to a new distribution of power and wealth. -
476
Disintegration of the Western Roman Empire
The Middle Ages began in 476 with the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. -
Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1492
Middle Ages
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500
Musical event
Probably born between the 5th and 6th centuries in Rome, the Gregorian melody acquired its final form from the 9th century, during the heyday of the Carolingian dynasty and precisely with the Frankish King Pepin. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 800
Cultural timespan
During the High Middle Ages, culture developed mainly thanks to two institutions: The monasteries, which improved their cultural level thanks to the reform of the Church. The universities, which were associations of teachers and students that arose in the cities during this period -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 900
Musical timespan
Medieval music is made up of two main periods: Romanesque and Gothic. Within medieval music we can see different musical phenomena, among which Gregorian chant, secular music and polyphony stand out. -
Jan 1, 600
Cultural event
The Middle Ages were a time of great religiousness. The Church played a very important role in the cultural production of the time, maintaining the cultural tradition of antiquity and carrying out important educational work. -
Jan 1, 1000
Political event
The term bourgeoisie was used in the Middle Ages to designate the social group essentially made up of merchants, free artisans and people not subject to the seigneurial jurisdiction who lived in the cities. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1450
Political timespan
The transition from Late Gothic to the Renaissance was extremely varied. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Jan 11, 1300
Musical event
The mass and the motet were the most important religious forms -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500
Cultural timespan
We know the Renaissance as the historical and artistic period that takes place during the 15th and 16th centuries in Western Europe. -
Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Imprenta
The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. Gutenberg is considered "the father of the printing press", after years trying to dispute the title between the French, Italians, Dutch and Germans The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. Gutenberg is considered the "father of the printing press", after years trying to dispute the title between the French, Italians, Dutch and Germans -
Jan 1, 1453
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans put an end to the Byzantine Empire. After centuries of decline, the fall of Constantinople spelled the end of the Byzantine Empire. The city, renamed Istanbul, became the new capital of the powerful Ottoman rule. -
Jan 1, 1492
Beginning of the period
The date 1492 is commonly mentioned as the beginning of this period with the influence of the Italian Renaissance in Spain. The return of Antonio de Nebrija from Italy (Bologna) to Castile in 1470 is also considered the beginning of the introduction of Renaissance humanism in the Iberian Peninsula. -
Dec 10, 1492
Discovery of America
In this way, on October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived in what we know today as America when he met the Antilles and landed on the island of Guanahaní, which he baptized with the name of San Salvador. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1520
Musical timespan
The diffusion of music also underwent a great advance in the Renaissance thanks to the invention of musical printing by Petrucci (1501). This facilitated the sale and distribution of many scores, although it must be said that much of it was still handwritten. -
Jun 4, 1520
End of the Renaissance
It can be affirmed that 500 years ago, with an unforeseeable catastrophe, the extraordinary cycle of the Italian Renaissance came to an end. Indeed, on Good Friday, April 6, 1520, Rafael Sanzio, an artist born in Urbino 37 years earlier, died in Rome, also on Good Friday, March 28, 1483.