Medieval Universities
Sons of wealthy townspeople hoped for these by getting an education
What is a high position in the Church or government.
Muslim scholars translated his works into Arabic from Greek.
Who is Aristotle?
Everyday languages of ordinary people
What is the vernacular?
Considered the greatest of the Middle Ages achievements
What are the cathedrals?
an image intended to evoke the presence of God.
What are icons?
Paris and this university were founded in the late 1100s.
What is Oxford?
He wrote about natural law, unjust law and rebellion, ultimately influencing our founding fathers.
Who was Thomas Aquinas?
Heroic tales led to nobles adopting the ideas of this
What are honor and chivalry?
These are a key component of Gothic Architecture.
What are flying buttresses?
What is the Renaissance?
Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric and logic.
What are the liberal arts?
The use of reason to support Christian beliefs.
What is scholasticism?
He wrote the Divine Comedy, an imaginary journey into hell and purgatory.
Key design components of churches. ___________ and _______________ are typical in Gothic churches.
What are sculptures and stained glass windows?
Byzantine scholars preserved the works of the ___________ and ______________.
What are the Greeks and the Romans?
The author of The City of Ladies, she was unusual for her time.
Who is Christine de Pisan?
Hindu-Arabic numerals are originally from this country.
What is India?
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote this book which tells us much about medieval life.
What are the Canterbury Tales?
This famous wall hanging details the story of William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
Considered the Western world's first important female historian.
Who is Anna Comnena?
This was the longest course of study at university.
What is theology?
The reason for science making relatively little progress in the Middle Ages.
What is the need for new advancements to align with Church teachings?
"Abandon all hope, ye that enter here." Where are they going?
What is hell?
What are illuminations?
The Byzantine empire will fall to the Ottomans in...
What is 1453?