Medieval dance
（重定向自Ductia）
![Dance with musicians, Tacuinum sanitatis casanatense (14th century)](/Images/godic/202501/10/40-svaghi,suono_e_ballo,Taccuino_Sanitatis,_Casanatense_41822711.jpg")
![Lorenzetti 1338-40](/Images/godic/202501/10/Lorenzetti_Good_Govt_Detail2711.jpg")
![Fresco at Ørslev church, Denmark](/Images/godic/202501/10/Ørslev_kirke_20090411-222711.jpg")
![Fresco at Runkelstein Castle, South Tyrol, Italy](/Images/godic/202501/10/Runkelstein_33632711.JPG")
Sources for an understanding of dance in Europe in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmentary, being composed of some interesting depictions in paintings and illuminations, a few musical examples of what may be dances, and scattered allusions in literary texts. The first detailed descriptions of dancing only date from 1451 in Italy, which is after the start of the Renaissance in Western Europe.