The Middle Ages

Performing Arts in the Medieval Period

The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the 5th century division of the Roman Empire (into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire) and the barbarian invasions until the 16th century division of Christianity during the Protestant Reformation and the dispersal of Europeans worldwide in the start of the European overseas exploration. These various changes all mark the beginning of the Early Modern period that preceded the Industrial Revolution. The Middle Ages are commonly referred to as the medieval period or simply medieval (sometimes spelled "mediaeval" or, historically, "mediæval"). (from Wikipedia)

• Music Theory Academy: Medieval - https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/periods-of-music/medieval-music/

• Medieval Music - http://www.medieval-life.net/music.htm

  • The Middle Ages - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages

  • The High Middle Ages - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Middle_Ages

  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

• Learner.org Middle Ages - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

  • Medieval Times - http://www.medievaltimes.com/

  • The Middle Ages - http://www.themiddleages.net/

• Eye Witness to History - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mefrm.htm

Medieval Music

• Cantus Database - http://cantusdatabase.org/

• Gregorian Schola - http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/chant.html

• Chants - http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/otherchant.html

• Gregorian Chant Notation - http://lphrc.org/Chant/index.html

• Manuscripts - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/e-music/Music_extra.html

Medieval Dance

• Medieval and Renaissance Dance - http://www.themiddleages.net/life/dances.html

• Rendance Medieval and Renaissance Dance Steps - http://www.rendance.org/links/medieval.html

• Medieval Music and Dance - http://www.collectorspost.com/Catalogue/medramalinks5.htm

• Burgundian Dance in the Late Middle Ages - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay1.html

• Early Medieval Dance Music - http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/mjc/sca/early-dance-music.html

Medieval Drama

• Mummers - http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medievaldrama.htm

• Medieval Theatre - http://www.theatredatabase.com/medieval/

• Database - http://www.theatredatabase.com/

• Medieval Theatre - http://www.theatrehistory.com/medieval/