Arts, Science and Education

Late Middle Ages

What’s the question?

How did European scholars begin to interpret and value ancient learning?

What we need to know

Education was largely confined to the clergy during the Middle Ages.

What we need to know

The masses were uneducated, while the nobility was concerned with feudal obligations.

What we need to know

Church scholars preserved ancient literature in monasteries in the East and West.

Church Scholars

Were among the very few who could read and write

Church Scholars

Worked in monasteries

Church Scholars

Translated Greek and Arabic works into Latin

Church Scholars

Made new knowledge in philosophy, medicine, and science available in Europe

Laid the foundations for the rise of universities in Europe

Church Scholars

Scholasticism: method of learning that emphasized reasoning through dialogue and to resolve contradictions. For medieval Christian thinkers they wanted to connect Christian theology with their own education (such as classical philosophy)

Art

Flying buttresses: structures built against or projecting from walls to support the wall. In Gothic Art, they pushed walls outward to create a layer effect.

Art

Gothic style: type of architecture that evolved from Roman architecture. Started in France, had pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses. Influenced churches as well as castles and universities. Dealt in emotion.

Schism

Schism: a division or split between people in an organization or religious movement