1. The Medieval Period, Scholasticism, and the Renaissance Presented by: Susan Kaye Jennings Tom Davis

2. Map of the Medieval Universities

3. Medieval Timeline

4. The Plagues – The Black Death

5. Medieval Ages Theocentrical Worldview Hierarchical conception of society The Church as the dominating power Three Christian Beliefs Educational Agencies Church related-institutions

6. Medieval Society Clergy trained in Latin, liturgy, and doctrine Feudal Nobility trained in arms, heraldry, manners Commoners trained in craft guilds

7. Medieval Lecture Hall

8. Saint Thomas Aquinas and Charlemagne

9. Scholasticism Medieval University Trends of the Medieval University Nominalism versus Realism Scholasticism as an educational method Peter Abelard Thomas Aquinas

10. University Professors

11. The Seven Liberal Arts Grammar Logic Rhetoric Arithmetic Geometry Astronomy Music

13. 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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15. 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.

16. References Gutek, G.L. (1995) A History of the Western Educational Experience. Waveland Press: IL. Timeline of the Middle Ages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Chro nological_Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Chro nological_Timeline Medieval University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Univ ersityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Univ ersity

17. References Continued… The Rise of Scholasticism – Saint Anselm http://www2.nd.edu/Departemnts/Maritain/ etext/staamp1.htmhttp://www2.nd.edu/Departemnts/Maritain/ etext/staamp1.htm Charlemagne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Holy_Roman _Emperors