Tonight’s Agenda M i d d l e A g e s Intro to Middle Ages Dante’s La Vita Nuova Break Intro to Dante Short Pieces/Medieval Mind Arts in the Middle Ages
What Difference Does It Make?
Life in the Middle Ages The Middle Ages 597-1500
Two Views of the Middle Ages
View One (What Some People Used To Say) Church dominated entire society. Only one religion and one Church. Learning was in remission. Women were uneducated.
View One (cont’d) Human achievement was not valued, and there was no such thing as individuality. People: superstitious, naïve, & crude. Life was harsh and gloomy.
Do You Really Think So?
View Two (What Most Scholars Are Starting To Think) Church: only one element in a diverse society. Several major religions; variety of factions. Centers of learning expanding.
View Two (cont’d) Nuns & Aristocratic Women: Highly Educated Human Achievement not valued by a select few. Crude? Have you seen Jerry Springer lately? Gloomy? Probably not.
Dante Alighieri La Vita Nuova
Dante’s La Vita Nuova D and B’s Relationship Unusual Courtly Spiritual
Dante’s La Vita Nuova Relationship Between Love and Poetry
Dante’s La Vita Nuova Conclusions Dante’s Purpose Beatrice’s Position
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Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
Dante’s Life and Times
Dante’s Major Works La Vita Nuova (The New Life) De Vulgaria Eloquentia (On the Common Language) De Monarchia (On the Monarchy) Commedia (The Divine Comedy) Inferno (Hell) Purgatorio (Purgatory) Paradiso (Heaven)
The Divine Comedy
The Medieval Mind Order Reason Purpose Faith
The Seven Liberal Arts Quadrivium Arithmetic Music Geometry Astronomy Trivium Grammar Rhetoric Logic
Major Intellectual & Spiritual Concepts of the Middle Ages Judgement Mercy Love Spiritual Physical Body & Soul
Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
Judgement & Mercy
Mary (Pleads For Mercy) Her Mercy Balance The Judgement of God Ave Maria Plena Gratia Ave & Eva
Mary (The Annunciation)
Our Lady’s Juggler Faith Acceptance Miracles
Two Loves Caritas Cupiditas
Love (Cupiditas) Earthly or Romantic Love (Cupid)
The Art of Courtly Love What is Love? Between Whom? How Should one Act?
Love (Caritas) Love of God Usually Expressed By Caring For One’s Neighbor (Charity)
Body & Soul The Body A Stinking Dunghill The Image of God
Body & Soul & Time Present Time Time of Our Salvation Time of Our Judgment
Day Of Wrath