Intro to the Middle Ages (Text Kamien "Music: An Appreciation and Bonds "Listen to This") The Middle Ages covered the period from 450-1450 ARCHITECTURE & RELIGION Romanesque Churches Monasteries Daily Life of a Monk Link Gothic Cathedrals Making History: Medieval Monastic Clergy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_oeKXEMpsY CRUSADES Dark Ages : The Crusades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-niTeTY7pw CLASS STRUCTURE Nobles: Owned the land; Uneducated Clergy: Educated; Musicians Peasants: Poor, worked the land, uneducated OTHER FUN STUFF from 1300s - 1450 100 Years War http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/hundred-years-war.htm Black Death Feudal System Weakens Church Weakens