Mediaval TIMELINE

By David B
  • 395 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire divide into 2 parts:
    -Western Roman Empire
    -Byzantine Empire (Constantinople)
  • 380

    Christianity

    Christianity became the official religion and the Roman Catholic Church was what united the Western world
  • 476

    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire fell and this date marked the start of the middle ages
  • 500

    6th Century

    Universities appear as associations of teachers and students to study liberal arts (Trivium and Quadrivium)
  • 504

    Christianity

    Roman Catholic Church, beetween 7th and 9th centuries,
    compiled this liturgical plainsongs called Gregorian Chants.
  • 604

    Christianity

    Roman Catholic Church, beetween 7th and 9th centuries,
    compiled this liturgical plainsongs called Gregorian Chants.
  • 900

    In the 9th Century

    a second voice was added to plainsong and
    polyphony (polis=several; phonos=sounds) was born.
    Secular monophony appeared, and the
    main characteristics of this vocal music are:
    Monophonic texture
    It’s uses modal scales
    Designed for fun or entertainment
    Themes: Religious, love and history
    Written in the local language or vernacular
    Performed by female and male voices
    The musicians who played secular music, were called
    minstrels.
  • 1150

    Between 1101-1200

    a combination of two note values was used in compositions: the
    long (longa), and the breve (brevis). These two note values were
    combined to get six patterns, called rhitmic modes.
  • 1300

    14th Century

    The Catholic church allowed 1 instrument, the Organ. Most of the instrument were only used in secular music to
    accompany the voice or to perform instrumental pieces in dances
    or processions.
  • 1400

    15th Century

    The mensural notation was created and prefectioned