Would you love to launch your own Middle Ages band but can’t find a lutist let alone a good hurdy gurdy player? First off, congratulations on knowing what a hurdy gurdy is (man). But second and more ...

Being awake at 7 am on Sunday isn’t an ideal situation, regardless of whether you have yet to make your way to bed from the night before or whether you are, for some ungodly reason, an early riser. No ...

Chapter 1: The Study of Music before the Founding of the Medieval Universites -- 1.1 Musical Studies among the Greeks and in the Roman Rhetorical Schools -- 1.2 Musical Studies in Christian Schools of ...

Check out our new Roman Empire channel! / @theromanempiread In the Middle Ages, music and dancing often played a key role in social events and religious ceremonies. It provided a sense of togetherness ...

Overlooking the Mondego Valley, the castle of Montemor-o-Velho is one of the oldest medieval castles in Portugal and is often described, in local tradition, as the oldest in the country. Its ...