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Actually, I don't think they did. We may get that impression because the visual arts we see are architectural or decorated bibles, and mostly relate to the church. Nevertheless, in the visual arts, we also have tapestries, and those I have seen relate to the Norman Invasion of England, or scenes dealing with courtly love or unicorn hunts.
Most of the poetry we have deals with chivalry, King Arthur, Roland, Charlemagne, courtly love, and so on. I do not know how Church leaders thought of Tristan and Isolde stopping for sex at every opportunity, but I doubt they would have read the poem as part of a service.
Music was not written down much in the Early Middle Ages, but the composers we have from the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages are mostly troubadours and such similar types, and a lot of their music was rather objectionable, from the point of view of staid church leaders.
Dance was popular in the middle ages, but I think that was entirely secular.
Theater was fostered with morality plays and passion plays, both of which did focus on the church, but the growth of the theater outstripped the bounds of the church productions before the middle ages were done. Mummings had been done from the beginning, and was based on pagan, or at least secular, roots. Manners plays, which came at the end of the middle ages, were also secular.
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What was the medieval era?
The Medieval Era lasted from about 500 AD to about 1500 AD. For most of the middle ages, the Church was the focal point of social life, learning, and the arts. .
What Medieval art tended to focus on themes?
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What was the focus of medieval thought?
Religion
What was a major focus of Renaissance art as opposed to Medieval art?
Religious images were not a major focus of Renaissance art as opposed to Medieval art.
Which themes was not a major focus of renaissance art as opposed to medieval art?
Religious images were not a major focus of Renaissance art as opposed to Medieval art.
Which themes were not a major focus of renaissance art as opposed to medieval art?
Religious Images were not a major focus of Renaissance art as opposed to medieval art.
Is the story of Merlin a medieval romance?
Yes, the movie Merlin is a medieval romance we are watching it in language arts
What was the primary church during medieval times?
The Catholic Church
In medieval times canons were?
Church Laws
What has the author Margot Elsbeth Fassler written?
Margot Elsbeth Fassler has written: 'The Virgin of Chartres' -- subject(s): medieval music and the visual arts, cantors, building campaigns, medieval history, medieval architecture, medieval liturgy, historiography, hagiography, mariology, religion and the arts, interdisciplinary study, medieval France
Who was the head of a medieval church?
Pope
What ceremonies did they do at church in medieval?
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