1. Universities and Scholasticism The Age of Reason?

2. The Beginnings How did devotional works of the earlier medieval period differ from the theological works of the high Middle Ages? Peter Abelard; Sic et Non

3. Scholasticism Scholastic method Transubstantiation What was the importance of the reintroduction of Aristotle's logical works into the West during the Crusading period? How did scholastics deal with contradictions among the authorities they valued? How did intellectuals' attitude toward nature change during this period? In what ways did women benefit from the change? What was the institutional origin of the university?

5. Canon and Civil Law Gratian, Decretum Roman law ("civil law")

6. Medieval Spirituality stigmata Characterize the spirituality of female saints from this period. What does Burger have to say about the "discovery of the self" during this time?

7. Architecture RomanesqueGothic

8. Literature and culture chanson de geste/Romance Chretien de Troyes Bernard of Clairvaux Cistercians

9. Thomas Aquinas Explain Aquinas's view of the relationship between reason and faith. –Could you describe this period as either an "age of faith" or an "age of reason"? –What texts does Aquinas cite as authority? To what extent does he value biblical texts? Greek philosophy? Is Aquinas's attitude toward the natural, physical world positive or negative? Cite specific examples. Is the universe orderly according to Aquinas? Does he make a distinction between hierarchy in society and in nature?