Medieval Europe timeline
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Updated: 24 Oct 2018
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The Fall of Rome - 476 CEFirst Crusade brought fine silks, satins, damasks, brocades, and velvets from the Far East - 1095 CENormans invade England and introduce French fashion to the English court - 1066 CEEleanor of Aquatine made simpler clothes more fashionable - 1152 CEKing Edward III passed sumptuary laws
to ensure that only the rich could wear
expensive clothes - 1336CEPart of the Tower of London, The White Tower, was built in 921 CE - It is still openThe Limbourg brothers began The Book of Hours for The Duke of Berry - 1411CEDynamics were added to sheet music - 1700CEGuido de Arezzo invented the solfege scale which is still used today - 1000CE"folk" music was looked down upon by the Church as borderline blasphemous - 1100CEThe first cookbook ''The Little Treatise' written - 1306CEThe First Crusade brought spices and foods from the Middle East - 1095CEThe Black Death spread across Europe, killing farmers and therefore causing a food shortage - 1328CEBefore the First Crusade brought spices in 1100CE, honey was the only way to sweeten foodPeriods
Dark Ages 500CE - 1000CEHigh Middle Ages 1000CE - 1200CELate Middle Ages 1300CE - 1500CERomanesque Architecture
in fashion. (characterized
by round shapes and
grand columns)
1066 CE - 1200 CEGothic Architecture in fashion (characterized by stained-glass windows,
gargoyles, tall spires, turrets, and pointed arches.) 1200 CE - 1500 CEGregorian Chant Developed
590CE - 604CE
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