christianity in the high middle ages' Flashcards
where did roman education draw inspiration from
the Bible and major spokesmen of the early Christian church like St. Augustine of Hippo
why did education become important
as society got more complex, there was more demand for education individuals that dealt with complicated political,, legal, theological issues
what did the schools teach
- Latin books (Plato and Aristotle books)
- bible
- -liberal arts
- philosophy and literature
how did the first universities start
- academic guilds organized
- got charters to guarantee their rights
- students demanded fair charging (room and board) from the townspeople
- got teachers for high quality instruction
- faculty guilds gave teachers right to give degrees
- cathedral schools -> universities
right to bestow academic degrees
like a license to teach in other cities and to
-control the curriculum in their own institutions
effect of student/teacher guild
turned cathedral schools into first universities
first universities where
bologna. paris, Salerno
evolution of the university coincided with the ______
rediscovery of the works of Aristotle ___
scholastic theology
sought to synthesize the beliefs and values of christianity with the rigor of greek philosophy
effect of aristotle reintroduction
scholastic theology
most famous scholastic theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
-teaches at university of paris
what did St. Thomas believe
christian + aristotle revelation
- Aristotle: human reason analysis of world
christianity: divine plan of the world and humans
