1. Ch. 10: High Middle Ages The Search for Synthesis pp. 220-230, Scholasticism—pp. 233-41

2. Featured Works Notre Dame de Belle Verriere (window) Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica Terms 1.Gothic 2.Flying buttress and flying arch 3.Lancet window 4.Exemplum 5.Guild 6.Relics 7.Dialectics and scholasticism

3. Paris In what ways was Paris significant to western culture in the 12 th and 13 th centuries? (Consider not only the material in the beginning of the chapter, but throughout the chapter.)

4. Gothic Architecture What did the term “gothic” originally mean? What did the term “gothic” originally mean? What are the main characteristics of Gothic style during the high Middle Ages? What are the main characteristics of Gothic style during the high Middle Ages? –Building techniques –Lancet windows –Overall use of light –Metaphor of the Notre Dame de Belle Verriere (see next slide) –Definition and symbolism of gargoyles

5. Upper portion

6. Many Meanings of the Gothic Cathedral Be able to discuss, in some detail, the different social functions and significances of the cathedral during the high Middle Ages. Understand the meaning and importance of the guilds.

7. Scholasticism How did the universities develop, and for what reasons? How did the universities develop, and for what reasons? What does “dialectics” mean, and what is “scholasticism”? What does “dialectics” mean, and what is “scholasticism”?

8. Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas What specific ideas distinguish Francis of Assisi’s approach to religious faith? What specific ideas distinguish Francis of Assisi’s approach to religious faith? Thomas Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas: –Summarize his educational background –What was Aquinas’s purpose in writing Summa Theologica? –What are the key ideas in his approach to understanding existence? –What intellectual tradition influenced Aquinas? –What “two other characteristics of the thought of Aquinas” does your author describe?