Medieval Life
What is another name for the Medieval Period?
The Middle Ages?
What were handwritten books decorated with gold, bright colors, and detailed illustrations called?
Illuminated manuscripts?
What do we call music connected to religion or worship?
Sacred music
Who was the German nun, composer, writer, and religious leader who lived during the 1100s?
Hildegard von Bingen
What were religious plays that told stories from the Bible called?
Mystery Plays
What institution influenced education, music, art, architecture, and theatre during the Medieval Period?
The Christian Church?
Why were stained-glass windows important in Medieval churches?
They communicated Bible stories and religious ideas to people who could not read.
What do we call music that is not religious, such as love songs and dance music?
Secular Music
What type of music did Hildegard von Bingen compose?
Sacred or Religious
After large-scale Roman theatre declined, through which institution did theatre eventually return in Europe?
The Christian Church
What group of religious people often copied books by hand and lived in religious communities?
Monks
Which architectural style featured thick walls, rounded arches, and small windows?
Romanesque architecture?
What type of music has only one melodic line, with everyone singing the same melody?
Monophonic music
Who was the Italian music theorist and teacher who helped singers learn melodies more easily?
Guido de Arezzo
Name one Bible story that could be performed in a Medieval Mystery Play.
Creation, Noah's Ark, the Crucifixion, or the Resurrection.
What historical period came after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and before the Renaissance?
The Medieval Period?
Which architectural style featured pointed arches, tall buildings, and large stained-glass windows?
Gothic architecture?
What type of music features two or more independent melodies happening at the same time?
Polyphonic music
What music-learning system uses the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti?
Solfege
Name two types of traveling performers who entertained Medieval audiences.
Traveling musicians, jesters, storytellers, jugglers, or troubadours.
Name three groups of people who were part of Medieval society.
Kings and queens, knights, nobles, peasants, merchants, monks, or nuns.
What architectural feature helped support the tall walls of Gothic cathedrals?
Flying buttresses?
What was the Gregorian Chant?
It was sung in churches, used religious texts, was usually performed by male singers, had no instrumental accompaniment, and had a calm, spiritual sound
Name two ways Guido de Arezzo's methods helped musicians.
They helped musicians read music, learn melodies, teach singers, and remember pitches.
Why did the Church use theatre to teach people during the Medieval Period?
Many people could not read, so theatre helped them see Bible stories, hear religious teachings, and understand important events.