Arts, Science and Education

1. Arts, Science and Education Late Middle Ages

2. How did European scholars begin to interpret and value ancient learning? What’s the question?

3. Education was largely confined to the clergy during the Middle Ages. What we need to know

4. The masses were uneducated, while the nobility was concerned with feudal obligations. What we need to know

5. Church scholars preserved ancient literature in monasteries in the East and West. What we need to know

6. Were among the very few who could read and write Church Scholars

7. Worked in monasteries Church Scholars

8. Translated Greek and Arabic works into Latin Church Scholars

9. Made new knowledge in philosophy, medicine, and science available in Europe • Laid the foundations for the rise of universities in Europe Church Scholars

10. 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) Church Scholars

11. 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

12. 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. Art

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