1. Education of Medieval Women

2. Isabel How were women educated in the early middle ages? They were not educated they instead stayed home. Those who did had private tutors or were homeschooled.

3. RANDY What was St. Thomas of Aquinas’ view on women and education? He didn’t think their was a need for them to be educated and said that the children should love their fathers mor than their moms

4. Carlos What was the purpose of women being educated? The education they received was training for motherhood and housewives.

5. Paradice What were women expected to be devoted to? Women were to devote their time primarily to “female labors” and prayers.

6. Valentina Why were women of the upper class expected to know how to read and write? Reading and writing for women meant “keeping busy they will escape the harmful thoughts, the pleasure and vanities of the flesh.”

7. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

8. SAL LOPEZ  How was paper made in the Middle Ages? How were early medieval books created?  It was from calfs skin and parcment made from lamb skin.  They were hand copied and monks drew the pictures.

9. MAE LLUVIDO  What writing styles did poets and scholars take on while traveling during the Crusades?  Romantic prose  Epic battles  Social commentary  Poetic fiction

10. MAURO RIVAS  Why do you think it was such a privilege to be able to check out a book during this time period?  Books were treasures,rarey shown openly in a library,but rather,kept safely under lock and key

11. ALEXIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What does Dante Alighieri’s famous three part story tell about? Why do you think so many people from the Middle Ages were interested in this work?  ~ it tells about the afterlife for the wicked, where hell Is comprised of 9 descnting circles and there is no forgivness !!! And cause it gave people an escape from the real world

12. Medieval Universities

13. Bianca Barrientos Who could be educated during the early Middle Ages? The clergy and the few members of the ruling classes.

14. Tyrell Perry Where did the earliest forms of higher education emerge? Eastern Europe.

15. Sadee Masterson Who was a key figure in the rise of medieval universities? What did he do? Pope Gregory VII, he issued a papal decree mandating the creation of cathedral schools that would be responsible for educating the clergy.

16. Luis Galdamez & Joseph Sturgill What were some of the earliest colleges? Oxford, University of Cambridge, Balliol College, Pembroke College and Corpus Christi College.

17. Medieval Architecture

18. Dallas Ibarra What is Romanesque Architecture? What similarities are most notable between this style of architecture and buildings found in the Roman Empire? Romanesque Architecture is the term which is used to describe the building styles which were used between 800-1100AD Similarities- Roman “Barrel Vault” & Roman Arch

19. Tajaa McKesson What are 2 features from Romanesque architecture? Stone used in Romanesque architecture was cut with precision The use of the Roman arch led to the stone being supported in the middle by the arch construction.

20. MARCOS RIVAS What is Gothic Architecture? Why do you think people were upset by the fact that Romanesque lines and proportions were abandoned? Gothic or perpendicular Architecture is the term which used to describe the building styles which were used between 1200-1500AD.

21. Erika Gray What are two features of Gothic Architecture? Pointed Gothic Arch Gothic Rose Windows

22. Tajaa McKesson Why was the Gothic Arch such a major feature of Middle Ages architecture? Because it provided greater flexibility that could span greater distances, allowing vaults to be wider.

23. Medieval Science

24. Lucero Perez Where were the best doctors and scientists during the Middle ages? How might this have been a threat to Europe?  The best doctors lived in Islamic empire to south and east, the Europeans had to go all the way over there.

25. Alex What cultures did the Europeans learn a lot of from scientific observation? Provide 2 examples. – They were very interested in scientific observations. – They also learned about hot air balloons from the Mongols.

26. Devin Thomason What is alchemy? What was the original purpose of alchemy? Alchemy is chemistry, to help people live forever and turn lead into gold.

27. Rad Chappell What was introduced into mathematics during the Middle Ages? Arabic numbers (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) The new numbers led to a shift in mathematical interests form geometry to algebra.

28. Myrna Matamoros How did people of the Middle Ages use engineering for farming? Europeans seem to have been more independent and original when it came to engineering. They invented new tools for famers.

29. Scholasticism

30. Karina When did scholasticism dominate Western European schools? Scholasticism dominated Western European schools from about 1100 until about 1600.

31. Karinaa What does scholasticism mean? -Scholasticism was the method of teaching that dominated the schools of Western Europe from about 1100 until about 1600.

32. Delia What modern day fields did philosophy give birth to? Modern day fields that philosophy gave birth to were physics, chemistry, politics, economics, biology, and psychology.

33. layne What about scholasticism were students taught? -students were taught to defend views that they did not themselves hold in disputations.