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 Aquinas2. 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 language7. 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 nological_Timeline nological_Timeline Medieval University ersityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Univ ersity
References Continued… The Rise of Scholasticism – Saint Anselm etext/staamp1.htmhttp://www2.nd.edu/Departemnts/Maritain/ etext/staamp1.htm Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Holy_Roman _Emperors