Highlights Flashcards
Stability and Law-abiding civilizations
-farming w/o fear
-citizens can travel
-trade links regions
-buildings built
-schools
-literacy more common
England’s founding epic poem
Beowulf
Charlemagne’s grandpa
Charles Martel
What marked the final split between Rome and Constantinople / solidification of papal alliance with the West
When Charlemagne became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Christmas Day 800)
Trivium
grammar, rhetoric, dialect
Quadrium
arithmetic, geometry, music
Mass Ordinary know 5 in order
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
Which mass ordinary is about mercy in Greek?
Kyrie
Which mass ordinary is about glory to God
Gloria
Which mass ordinary is about the Nicean Creed of the Trinity / basic beliefs?
Credo
Which mass ordinary is about holiness?
Sanctus
Which mass ordinary is about the Lamb of God and mercy
Agnus Dei
Who was a monk and medieval theorist that used hand for singing (Guidonian hand)?
Guido d’Arezzo
Charlemagne’s father
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne’s son
Louis the Pious
What did the Treaty of Verdun do?
Split the Holy Roman Empire among three sons (Charles the Bald, Louis the German, and Lothair); beginning of modern country boundaries
Symbols of the evangelists in order
Matthew: winged man
Mark: winged lion
Luke: winged ox
John: winged eagle
What does atmospheric perspective mean?
Illusions of 3D
What is Utrecht Psalter known for
Key Carolingian artist, lines, organ, Jesus with nimbus
Vows of Benedictine (what do monks promise to do)?
-obedience
-chastity
-stability
Hildegard
created troping (add words/music to chant) 77 chants composed
Progression of chant to Shakespeare
chant > troupe > liturgical drama > morality play > Shakespeare