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feudalism, also called feudal system or feudality, French féodalité, historiographic construct designating the social, economic, and political conditions in western Europe during the early Middle Ages, the long stretch of time between the 5th and 12th centuries.
What are the 3 medieval periods?
Generally, the medieval era is divided into three periods: the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. Like the Middle Ages itself, each of these three periods lacks hard and fast parameters.
What type of music was very prevalent in the medieval period?
Medieval music was both sacred and secular. During the earlier medieval period, the liturgical genre, predominantly Gregorian chant, was monophonic. Polyphonic genres began to develop during the high medieval era, becoming prevalent by the later thirteenth and early fourteenth century.
What diseases were prevalent in the Middle Ages?
Common diseases were dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy.
What are the characteristics of medieval period music?
Characteristics of Medieval music Medieval instrumental music may be characterized by its thin “texture” (relatively few instruments as opposed to the “thick texture” of a full symphony orchestra); very rhythmic character; and repetitive quality, as well as by the distinctive sound of instruments of that era .
What are the instruments during medieval period?
Instruments, such as the vielle, harp, psaltery, flute, shawm, bagpipe, and drums were all used during the Middle Ages to accompany dances and singing. Trumpets and horns were used by nobility, and organs, both portative (movable) and positive (stationary), appeared in the larger churches.
What was health like in the Middle Ages?
Disease and sickness were very common in the Middle Ages. People lived in very close quarters and did not understand the importance of hygiene. Diseases that were most widespread were smallpox, leprosy, measles, typhus, and, perhaps most famously, the bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death.