From these first motets arose a medieval tradition of secular motets.

The contemporary character of the event recalls the medieval tradition of fun and trade.

The organ stands in the integrated altarpiece above a clock face in the medieval tradition.

Such theories are modern, proposed from the 1960s onward, and they remain speculative, as no continuity between the supposed ancient predecessors and the late medieval tradition can be shown.

Many of the medieval traditions have carried into the modern era, and universities retain certain historical privileges.