YOU KNOW…LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF... MEDIEVAL CULTURE YOU KNOW…LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF...
EDUCATION EARLY MIDDLE AGES: MONASTERIES LATER: TOWNS MAY HAVE HAD A TEACHER WHO WOULD CHARGE FEES
UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPED NEAR CATHEDRALS TO TRAIN CLERGY FORMED GUILDS PARIS OXFORD BOLOGNA SALERNO FORMED GUILDS
“NEW” IDEAS… Muslims in Middle East studied ancient Greek texts Brought to Spain & translated into Latin by Jewish scholars
PHILOSOPHY SCHOLASTICISM: studied faith vs. reason THOMAS AQUINAS “SUMMA THEOLOGICA” SUMMARIZED CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
SCIENCE Made little progress in Middle Ages because all knowledge had to fit with Church teaching and the Bible
A MAN’S BODY GOVERNED BY CONSTELLATIONS
Mathematics MATHEMATICS: FOR CALENDARS & TRADE ARABIC NUMERALS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ETC
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE VERNACULAR LANGUAGE: SPOKEN BY THE COMMON PEOPLE (ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN)
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TROUBADOURS: TRAVELING SINGERS EPICS: HEROIC STORIES
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE DANTE: WROTE IN LATIN & ITALIAN DIVINE COMEDY “Abandon hope all ye, who enter here”
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE CHAUCER: ENGLISH CANTERBURY TALES Pilgrims of various stations in life traveling to the tomb of Thomas Becket
ART & ARCHITECTURE ART CENTERED ON GOD & RELIGION ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD
ART & ARCHITECTURE ROMANESQUE: LARGE, HEAVY DOMES FEW WINDOWS LITTLE DECORATION
ART & ARCHITECTURE GOTHIC: SPIRES REACHED TO SKY FLYING BUTTRESSES USED TO SUPPORT WEIGHT LARGE WINDOWS EVERYTHING REACHED TOWARDS GOD
“BRING OUT YOUR DEAD…” AHHH, THE JOYS OF PLAGUE!
EPIDEMICS & DISEASE SPREAD RAPIDLY BUBONIC PLAGUE 1/3 TO 1/2 OF POPULATION DIED
IMAGES OF DEATH
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