What was the prevailing attitude toward women in the Middle Ages?
How did Renaissance thought differ from that of the Middle Ages?
How did the rise of urban centers and trade affect the development of music?
How does the sound of Renaissance music differ from that of the Middle Ages?
What is the importance of Josquin des Prez to musical composition?

1. Although feudal society was male dominated, the status of women was raised by prevailing attitudes of chivalry and devotion to the cult of the Virgin Mary.

2. Difference Between Renaissance and Middle Ages. “Renaissance” literally means “awakening” or “rebirth.” It was a European cultural movement between the 14th and the 16th centuries. The Middle Ages was a period from the 5th to 16th centuries. ... The Renaissance artists followed the more classical form of art.

4. Medieval music was mostly plainchant; first monophonic then developed into polyphonic. Renaissance music was largely buoyant melodies. Medieval music was mostly only vocal while renaissance music was of both instrumental and vocal; flutes, harps, violins were some of the instruments used.

5. Josquin Des Prez's Luminous Sound He was the greatest composer of the Renaissance, and as significant a figure in his own day as Beethoven was in the early 19th century. Hear the pure, expressive sound of his Missa Pange Lingua illuminated brilliantly by a choral group called the Tallis Scholars. Release of: Missa Pange Lingua