1. Scholasticism Thomas Aquinas “Faith and reason exist in harmony.”
“New Learning” in the High Middle Ages
How to balance reason and faith?
Scholasticism
Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
“Faith and reason exist
in harmony.”

2. Christine de Pizan The City of Ladies
Lets read aloud “Education for Women” on page 226.
The City of Ladies

3. Famous Medieval Authors
Chaucer
Vernacular: everyday language of ordinary people
Famous Medieval Authors
Dante Alighieri
What impact does printing books in vernacular have?

4. Gothic architecture (left)
The stone supports on the outside of these churches
allowed for huge stain glass windows.
Elegant spiral ceilings carried eyes upward to heaven.
Portraits in stained glass conveyed stories from the Bible.
Romanesque architecture (right)
Built like fortresses with thick walls and towers.
Heavy roofs meant very few windows, so
these churches were dimly lit.