Chapter 14 Section 3
Gothic Flying buttress Illumination Hildegard of Bingen Troubadours Geoffrey Chaucer Dante Alighieri Thomas Aquinas Scholasticism
Maurice de Scully- dreamed of Notre Dame Gothic style- taller and brighter than other churches Flying buttress-support the walls from the outside, higher ceilings
Churches had much larger windows Artists created stained glass panels Biblical scenes Cathedrals had statues of saints, kings, gargoyles to drain water
Candleholders, crosses all made of gold Priests wore clothes of gold
Illuminations- is the decorating written manuscripts with pictures Used to bring pages to life Decorate the first letter that appeared Very large colorful
Tapestry- large woolen wall hanging Hung in castles to prevent drafts Daily life, fantasy or history Unicorns, dragons Bayeux tapestry Tells the story of William the Conqueror
Covered everything in human life Religion Romance Epic adventures Religious texts Most writings were on religion Few people could read
Religious writers created Sermons how to live Interpretations of the Bible Lives of saints Read by the literate Clergy, nobility and merchants
Created religious songs and poems Hildegard of Bingen artist Wrote dozens of poems and music for them Wrote in Latin
Long poems that tell stories Have heroes and villains Song of Roland Fight against Muslims in Spain True love and chivalry Chivalry was a code of honor knights lived by
Troubadours-wandering singers Went from court to court spreading the news Epics and romances not written in Latin Vernacular- is the everyday language
Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Story of pilgrims Each pilgrim tells a story on the trip Characters come from all backgrounds Helps historians know what life was like Increased interest in English
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Three parts, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), Paradise (Paridisio) Trip through the afterlife Meets people from his own life Great figures in history
Science and Universities new systems of thought Alchemy-conduct experiments Turn metals into gold Heated, dissolved, vaporized things Learned about chemical reactions
Increased Greek learning into Europe Scientific, philosophical, mathematical, astronomical and medical Lecturers taught Grammar, Latin, logic, geometry, music Liberal Arts
Most influential of all scholars Taught in Paris Interested in Greek Philosophers Aristotle- truth discovered through human reasoning Church-truth was revealed by God and depended on faith
Aquinas tried to reconcile both approaches Faith and reasoning Scholasticism Christian teachings were knowable and provable through the use of logic and reason Human reason (learning)