MEDIEVAL WORKSHEET 1

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1. The majority of the population in the medieval feudal society was:

Was peasants. or serfs

2. Where did the noblemen live?

The noblemens lived in tapestry-hung castles in walled villages, some of which are the
antecedents of European cities of today.
3. The powerful lords raised their songs to become ….

... to become warriors or knights.

4. Who lived in medieval monasteries and convents?

The monks and nuns lived in monasteries and convents.

5. Translate this sentence:

“The population was essentially illiterate”

: "La población era esencialmente analfabeta"

A scriptorium was s special room where the monks copied out books by hand.
Their pens were made of feathers.

The monks decorated their books with paints made of egg whites, gold and
silver.

6. De ne tetragram: The square

Is a system of four lines staff notation were
notate on the
using letters as clefs. four-line sta .
7. Who was Guido D´ Arezzo?

Was a medieval music theorist who set around the year 1000.

8. Why the Hymn “Ut quant laxis” is important for music notation?

9. Why did the Pope Gregory the Great do for medieval music?

In the 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great unified and compiled all the music they sang in monasteries and
established a series of conditions under which all churches would sing in the same way.

10. Explain the expression “a cappella”

The Catholic Church is a simple melody that was sung by
monks who would all sing a capella the same note at the same time.

Gregorian chants were used by the Church to aid prayers. All gregorian chants was
passed down orally in. the rst times.
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