1. YOU KNOW…LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF...
MEDIEVAL CULTURE
YOU KNOW…LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF...

2. EDUCATION EARLY MIDDLE AGES: MONASTERIES
LATER: TOWNS MAY HAVE HAD A TEACHER WHO WOULD CHARGE FEES

3. UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPED NEAR CATHEDRALS TO TRAIN CLERGY FORMED GUILDS
PARIS
OXFORD
BOLOGNA
SALERNO
FORMED GUILDS

4. “NEW” IDEAS… Muslims in Middle East studied ancient Greek texts
Brought to Spain & translated into Latin by Jewish scholars

5. PHILOSOPHY SCHOLASTICISM: studied faith vs. reason THOMAS AQUINAS
“SUMMA THEOLOGICA”
SUMMARIZED CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

6. SCIENCE
Made little progress in Middle Ages because all knowledge had to fit with Church teaching and the Bible

7. A MAN’S BODY GOVERNED BY CONSTELLATIONS

8. Mathematics MATHEMATICS: FOR CALENDARS & TRADE
ARABIC NUMERALS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ETC

9. LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
VERNACULAR LANGUAGE: SPOKEN BY THE COMMON PEOPLE (ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN)

10. LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TROUBADOURS: TRAVELING SINGERS
EPICS: HEROIC STORIES

11. LANGUAGE & LITERATURE DANTE: WROTE IN LATIN & ITALIAN DIVINE COMEDY
“Abandon hope all ye, who enter here”

12. LANGUAGE & LITERATURE CHAUCER: ENGLISH CANTERBURY TALES
Pilgrims of various stations in life traveling to the tomb of Thomas Becket

13. ART & ARCHITECTURE ART CENTERED ON GOD & RELIGION
ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD

14. ART & ARCHITECTURE ROMANESQUE: LARGE, HEAVY DOMES FEW WINDOWS
LITTLE DECORATION

15. ART & ARCHITECTURE GOTHIC: SPIRES REACHED TO SKY
FLYING BUTTRESSES USED TO SUPPORT WEIGHT
LARGE WINDOWS
EVERYTHING REACHED TOWARDS GOD

16. “BRING OUT YOUR DEAD…”
AHHH, THE JOYS OF PLAGUE!

17. EPIDEMICS & DISEASE SPREAD RAPIDLY BUBONIC PLAGUE
1/3 TO 1/2 OF POPULATION DIED

18. IMAGES OF DEATH

19. WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO CURE THE BLACK DEATH?
SITTING BETWEEN 2 GREAT FIRES
OPENING BOILS AND BURNING THEM WITH HOT IRON
STANDING IN FRONT OF A LATRINE AND INHALING THE STENCH
PLACE DRIED TOADS ON THE BOILS
APPLY ENTRAILS OF NEWBORN PUPPY TO FOREHEAD
DRINKING GOAT URINE