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Life and Culture of the European Middle Ages

Life and Culture of the European Middle Ages. Tasha Mattson Mikayla Palmer Mia Adams Jamie Killpack Amanda Jensen. Dante Alighieri. Born in Florence in 1265 Born into Florentine Family of noble ancestry Great Italian Poet Devine comedy

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Life and Culture of the European Middle Ages

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  1. Life and Culture of the European Middle Ages Tasha Mattson Mikayla Palmer Mia Adams Jamie Killpack Amanda Jensen

  2. Dante Alighieri • Born in Florence in 1265 • Born into Florentine Family of noble ancestry • Great Italian Poet • Devine comedy • Served as a Soldier in the Battle of Campaldino and held several political offices • Spent two long periods at the Court of Can Grande Della Scalla, Lord of Verona • Completed the Paradiso • Died in 1321

  3. Thomas Aquinas • Born 1224 • He was born into an aristocratic family in Roccasecca, Italy • Joined the Dominican order • Studied philosophy and Theology • Was a Catholic Priest • Taught in Paris and Rome • Wrote theSumma Theologica • First part on God, second part on ethics, third part unfinished when he died and on Christ • Died 1274

  4. Geoffrey Chaucer • Born 1343 • Born into a prosperous wine merchants family • Was an Author • Wrote “Canterbury Tales” and “The Book of the Duchess” • Also was a poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat • Author of the Canterbury Tales, One of the greatest epics • Died 1400

  5. Gothic – A new form of Architecture • Architecture used from 1200 to 1500 • Different styles were used during different time periods • 1200-1300 - Early English Gothic Styles (Lancet) • 1300-1400- Decorated Gothic styles • 1400-1500- perpendicular gothic styles • A way of honoring God by offering him a radiant lit home. • Characterized by large pillars, vertical lines, and spires • Many had stained glass windows and Gargoyles

  6. Gothic

  7. Flying Buttresses • To prevent the ceilings and walls from buckling • Buttresses helped hold up the arcs used in Gothic architecture.

  8. Gargoyles • Usually a carved human, demon, or animal • Served mainly as decorations

  9. Works Cited • http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/ • Pictures from Google • http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001560.html • http://www.castles.me.uk/gothic-architecture.htm • http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aqui.htm • http://www.castles.me.uk/flying-buttress.htmhttp://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas/ • http://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas/ • http://kirjasto.sci.fi/chaucer.htm

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