A rota is a type of song sung round of the 13th and 14th centuries, probably only in England. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

In the rota, as opposed to the rondellus, the voices entered one at a time, each singing precisely what the previous voice sang, exactly as in the modern round. The most famous example is the anonymous six-voice Sumer is icumen in (summer is coming in) of the 13th century. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

Very few notated rounds have survived, but fragmentary sources and frequent mentions in other writings indicate that the practice was widespread. Most likely rounds were learned and memorized; notation would not have been considered to be necessary. Many scholars believe that the practice predates the 13th century. In fact the existence of a related, but somewhat different tradition in the rondellus in France at the same time implies that the practice may have come to England at the time of the Norman Conquest, and mutated in the two hundred years between that event and the oldest notated examples of the rota. Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ...