1. M EDIEVAL ENTERTAINMENT By: Morgan, Ashley, & Leighton

2. J OUSTING O F THE MIDDLE AGES  Jousting was a common mid evil entertainment.  It was commonly known as a mock battle.

3. M EDIEVAL FESTIVALS  Medieval festivals were a chance for everyone to celebrate.  Festivals were a way of bringing people together and remembering what was good about life.

4. M EDIEVAL PASTIMES HHawks were trained to hunt game birds and every medieval castle had a falconer, assigned to train young birds for this sport.

5.  Medieval drama grew out of liturgy, beginning in about the eleven century.  Some topics were form the Old Testament and others were about birth and death of Christ.

6.  These drams were preformed with costumes and musical instruments and first took place at the church outside.  Later they were staged at in market places, where they were produced by local guilds.

7.  There are many different medieval instruments such as the Lute, Harp, Lizzard, and the Gamba. Those are just some of the many instruments of Medieval Ages.   <  << This is a pictur picture a harp.

8. THE END!! NOT REALLY!! LOL!!!!!!!

9. Art and music were critical aspects of medieval religious life and, towards the end of the Middle Ages, secular life as well. Singing without instrumental accompaniment was an essential part of church services. Monks and priests chanted the divine offices and the mass daily.

10.  Medieval Christmas games included "King of the Bean," where a small bean would be baked inside bread or cake, and the one who found it in their portion would be crowned king of the holiday feast.

11.  Tafl (pronounced TAH- bl) dates back to before 400 AD, and was played throughout Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany, England, Wales and Ireland. It remained popular until the 17th. century, when it was gradually supplanted by chess. The word tafl is probably derived from the Latin tabula, which also referred to a board game. The game was also sometimes called hnefatafl, meaning 'king's table'.

12. By: Lexie and Stevie

13. The recorder is a woodwind instrument. Recorders are most often tuned in C or F. The range of a recorder is about 2 octaves.

14. The cittern is a stringed instrument from the Renaissance. It gets confused a lot with the bouzouki. It has 10 strings.

15.  The guitar is a stringed, musical instrument  It is played with either fingers or a guitar pick  Guitars usually have six strings.

16.  The shawm was a renaissance musical instrument that was part of the woodwind family.  It was made in Europe from the 13 th century till the 17 th century.  The oboe developed from the shawm in the mid 17 th century.

17.  Another name for the Gregorian chant is plainsong or plainchant.  This music was sung by monks or other male clerics.  It developed in the Catholic C hurch.

18.  The end