Music in Middle Ages

Beginning of the Middle Ages

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Rome was invaded and that marked the start of the Middle Ages

Medieval women

500

The Medieval Women who included many Queens and Princesses and mistresses who shared the most powerful positions with their husbands and lovers. Many Medieval women held extremely important influence over their sons. The Medieval women of the Middle Ages had to be strong their lives cover the vicious Medieval periods from 1066 - 1485.

Medieval Castles

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This section detailing information about Middle Ages castles illustrate the strength, magnificence and power of the warlords of the era. The architecture of the Middle Ages castles moved from the early wooden Motte and Bailey castles hastily built by the Normans after the Battle of Hastings and during their conquest and invasion of England to their fortification in stone with the addition of the great Norman stone keeps.

Medieval Kings

1066

From 1066 -1154 the Normans ruled the English after their victory at the Battle of Hastings. The Kings and Queens of England in Medieval Times included Richard the Lionheart and the great Plantagenet English Kings from King Henry II (1154-1189) to King Edward III (1327-1377). The Hundred Years War between England and France. The Medieval Kings and Queens of the Royal Houses of Lancaster and York and the Wars of the Roses. The English Medieval Kings cover the periods from 1066 - 1485.

Medieval Art

1066

Art during the Middle Ages saw many changes up to the emergence of the early Renaissance period. Early art subjects were initially restricted to the production of Pietistic painting (religious art or Christian art) in the form of illuminated manuscripts, mosaics and fresco paintings in churches. There were no portrait paintings in the art of the Middle Ages. The colors were generally somewhat muted.

Crusades

1095

The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens who were Muslims. Crusades started in 1095 when Pope Claremont preached the First Crusade at the meeting of the Council of Claremont. The preaching of the pope led to many thousands of Medieval people immediately affixing the cross to their garments - the name Crusade given to the Holy Wars came from old French word 'crois' meaning 'cross'.

Food in the Middle Ages

1095

The violent times of the Dark Ages led to a primitive society lacking in elegance or refinement. Early Middle Ages Food was basic and the ingredients were home grown. This all changed in 1066 with the Norman Conquest and between 1095 - 1270 when Europeans looked to the Eastern World and joined in the holy crusades.

The end of the Middle Ages

1492

The end of the Middle Ages was the discovery of America