Chapter 5 Test Notes (1000-1500)

Universities

There was a major growth in Education in the High Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Church:

Learning was always central to the mission of the Church, especially after the fall of Rome so really on the clergy was educated
- It was central as there was a human capacity to reason which is part of creation
- a want to learn about the beauty and order of creation
- this was still time where faith and reason was connected
  - there was religion and philosophy

Why?

There was a population boom which would lead to people wanting to explore their reasoning
- There was a large trade boom and the number of wealth people were growing
- there was a shift from feudalism to money and resource based economy which created a middle classes
- There was the great clearing of Europe → more houses
- good weather → FOOD

Universities were product of the monastic and cathedral schools, they were the church institution for all of society and not only the Church because of the want and need for education, THERE WAS SPECIALIZATION, noble and bishops.

There was mostly education with religious bishops and Monks

Organization

There was a transition from little disciplines to many by mid 1200
this strengthened the Church independence as you are seeing academic freedom
there were teacher guilds → unions

Curriculum was mostly theology, law, med, and arts, there was 2 degrees → trivium (bachelors) and quadrivium (PhD), this was a stress with religion first and then grammar and other

Effects