The Middle Ages And It's Music

This lens is about music of the Middle Ages; also known as the medieval period, medieval, or Dark Ages. The Middle Ages started at about 450 AD after the fall of the Roman Empire and
 lasted until 1450. Until 450 AD, Christianity (originally an underground
 sect of messianic Judaism) was an underground religion that started
 around the first century. Since Christians at this time were persecuted  by
 the Roman Empire, they held underground gatherings of small groups in
 their homes. As time passed, these people and their worship were later
 tolerated and then, the Christian faith was accepted as the official
 religion of the Roman Empire. The Christian Church was the only
 centralized institution to survive the fall of the Roman Empire and to emerge as
 the central unifying force in Europe in the Middle Ages. This cultural
 unity was done through centralized administration through its network
 of bishops,preserving its selection from Latin learning and maintaining
 the art of writing. At the same time as Christianity spread thought
 Europe, the followers of Mohammed (570-632), later known as Muslims,
 built on the knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans and expanded their
 territory through the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
The Middle Ages were also a time when the former Roman lands were ruled
 by various barbarian lords soon after the fall in the fifth century.
 The lands were later unified by by the Frankish kings, culminating in
 the crowning of Charlemagne (742-814) as Holy Roman Emperor.  A great
 plague swept over Europe between 1347 - 1350 that claimed the lives of a
 third of the population and causing mass hysteria among it's people. The
 culprit of this disease which ravaged cities was the Oriental Rat
 Flea. This flea fed on the backs of black rats and after feeding of the
 rats, the fleas would jump from the rats to travelers.