Learning and Culture Flourish Chapter 8 Section 4 Learning and Culture Flourish
Medieval Universities Emerge The need for educated people grows Church – clergy Rulers – bureaucracy New schools near cathedrals , first universities Salerno, Bologna, Paris, Oxford Student life Long, 5am to 5pm Teachers taught in Latin Students expected to memorize 7 liberal arts Law, medicine, theology Oral exams 3-5 years bachelor of arts 2-3 year more for masters
Medieval Universities Emerge Women and Education Denied chance to attend universities Received education in convents Notre Dame de Paris educated girls of wealthy nobles Women should pursue natural gifts at home Raising children Running household Doing needlework
Europeans Acquire “New” Learning Muslim scholarship advances knowledge New translations reach Europe Started a revolution in world of learning Aristotle/Greek thinkers translated into Arabic In Spain Arabic translated into Latin, language of Christian European scholars
Christian Scholars Struggle with new Ideas Reason to discover basic truths v ideas accepted on faith Scholasticism – reason to support Christian beliefs Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica – faith and reason exist in harmony. Both lead to truth that God rules over an orderly universe Christian faith and Greek philosophy brought together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz_iGGGMddw
New Approaches to Science and Mathematics Hippocrates – medicine Euclid –geometry Aristotle – physical world Adopted Hindu- Arabic numerals “1”
Medieval Literature New writing written in the vernacular of the people Captured spirit of the times Poems Epic stories of knights and chivalry Tales of the common people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuaQzKPIf9o
Heroic Epics Captivate Oral tradition written in vernacular Chansons de geste or songs of heroic deeds Song of Roland Poem of the Cid (lord)
Dante’s Divine Comedy
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Architecture and Art From Romanesque to Gothic Romanesque –fortresses with thick walls and towers, barrel vault ceiling, little or no windows, inside dark and gloomy
Making Art in Stone and Glass Rose glass window In Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Paintings, Manuscripts, and Tapestries Altarpeice