Middle Ages vs. Renaissance

Middle Ages vs. Renaissance
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to understand the historical contexts that underlie the changes that took place in music during the Renaissance.  Art is related to the culture from which it comes, so one must have some understanding of the culture in order to more deeply appreciate the music.  Although brief, this assignment is also designed to give you practice citing material from sources that will be useful as you complete more substantial projects later in the semester.
Directions
Using the assigned readings and any other sources, please write a brief essay that draws comparisons between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.  Your assignment must be at least 250 words.
Your essay should briefly address each of the following in both periods:

Social life
Education
Literature
Architecture
Art
Dance
Vocal Music
Instrumental Music

Please note that you must use in-text citations and a Works Cited list, even if you use only use sources from among the assigned readings. Either Chicago or MLA citation styles are acceptable for this assignment.  Please particularly note the following guidelines:

You must include a citation whenever you quote or paraphrase material from a source.
Either Chicago (footnotes) or MLA (parenthetical references) styles are acceptable for this assignment.
Both in-text references (footnotes or parenthetical references, depending on your citation style) and a final list of works cited (Bibliography or Works Cited) must be used.  Simply listing sources at the end of the document is insufficient.
Simply listing a URL (such as www.findresearchanswershere.com) is not a sufficient citation in a Works Cited or Bibliography list.  Page author, title, and date accessed must also be included.
If you directly copy from a source word for word, you must enclose the copied words in quotation marks and, as when rewording an idea, include an in-text citation.
Failure to properly cite sources is considered plagiarism, a serious academic offense.
Flagrant plagiarism, such as directly copying material word-for-word from a website or any other source without quotation marks, will not be tolerated and will result in an automatic grade of zero.