The Medieval Period Scholasticism and the Renaissance Presented

The Medieval Period, Scholasticism, and the Renaissance Presented by: Susan Kaye Jennings Tom Davis

Map of the Medieval Universities

Medieval Timeline

The Plagues – The Black Death

Medieval Ages • • • Theocentrical Worldview Hierarchical conception of society The Church as the dominating power Three Christian Beliefs Educational Agencies Church related-institutions

Medieval Society • Clergy trained in Latin, liturgy, and doctrine • Feudal Nobility trained in arms, heraldry, manners • Commoners trained in craft guilds

Medieval Lecture Hall

Saint Thomas Aquinas and Charlemagne

Scholasticism • • • Medieval University Trends of the Medieval University Nominalism versus Realism Scholasticism as an educational method Peter Abelard Thomas Aquinas

University Professors

The Seven Liberal Arts • • Grammar Logic Rhetoric Arithmetic Geometry Astronomy Music

The Renaissance • • • Humanist Education Return to classical aspects of society Decline of the Roman Catholic Church Humanist Educators – Vittorino de Feltre Christian Humanism – Erasmus Women’s education

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Answers to quiz • 1. Thomas Aquinas 2. Erasmus • 3. Personality as a lecturer, Carefully organized lectures, Relevance of the lecture to his students • 4. Grammar, rhetoric, logic • 5. Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music • 6. The Latin language 7. False • 8. Vittorino da Feltre • 9. False • 10. Universities of the southern style were controlled by the students while the universities of the northern style were controlled by the faculty.

References • Gutek, G. L. (1995) A History of the Western Educational Experience. Waveland Press: IL. • Timeline of the Middle Ages http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Medieval_Chro nological_Timeline • Medieval University • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Medieval_Univ ersity

References Continued… • The Rise of Scholasticism – Saint Anselm • http: //www 2. nd. edu/Departemnts/Maritain/ etext/staamp 1. htm • Charlemagne • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Charlemagne • Holy Roman Emperor • http: // en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_Holy_Roman _Emperors