Mendicant Orders and Universities Unit 6 Topic 2

Rise of Merchants

Merchants who relied on begging and donations, lived in cities, were mobile, and participated in fairs.

Franciscans

Religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209, focused on poverty.

Poor Clare Nuns

Religious order founded by St. Clare in 1212, focused on a life of poverty.

Dominicans

Religious order founded by St. Dominic in 1216, focused on preaching the truth.

Rise of the Universities

Educational institutions that started as schools attached to cathedrals in the 1000s, mainly taught by priests.

Curriculum of Medieval Universities

Included liberal arts (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, logic), medicine, law, and theology.

Scholasticism

A medieval school of thought that sought to unite faith and reason, utilizing questions and debate in teaching.

Averroës & Avicenna

Muslim scholars whose translations of Aristotle contributed to European thought in the 1100s.

St. Thomas Aquinas

A Dominican friar (1225-1274) who used Aristotle’s philosophy to explain theological truths, known for his work 'Summa Theologiae'.

Medieval Science

Study that incorporated Greek and Arab works, embraced Arabic numerals, and emphasized empirical investigations.

St. Albert the Great

A Dominican friar (1200-1280) who taught Aquinas and studied various natural sciences.