Early Ages

Early Ages

The Middle Ages is a catchall phrase often used by historians alluding to the thousands of years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the period of discovery and reawakening . The term Middle Ages was coined during the period that followed it , which was the Renaissance (Roseinwein , 2008 . Since people from the Renaissance period thought of themselves as advanced and civilized ' they deemed the time between them and the earlier world as the Middle Age (2008 . The term derived from the Latin medium , which means middle and aevium , referring

to age (2008 . The Early Middle Ages , which occurred from 5th - 8th centuries , was dominated by Christianity which eventually became the rationale for uniting Europe culturally and linguistically (Herrin 2002 ,

. 609 . It was also a period marked by distinctions of social classes- the noble , the peasants and the clergy , with peasants populating more (Kamien , 1998 ,

. 62 . This was the reason by medieval society was often described as a period with lack of food supply , poor agriculture , and poor economic conditions (p . 612 . As aforementioned the Early Middle Ages brought forth the importance of religion specifically that of the Roman Catholic Church . It was during this time when the Holy Roman Empire was established . One outstanding work from this period and perhaps had the earliest record was medieval music particularly the Gregorian chant

The Gregorian chant was the official music of the Roman Catholic Church (Kamien , 1998 ,

. 65 . Although the Gregorian chant was named in honor...