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12th Century Renaissance? |
*European wide phenomenon *Huge shifts --Thinking *Abelard --Major 12th cent. thinker *St. Anselm --1 of Fathers of Scholastic Thought |
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Charles Homer Haskins? |
*Made _____ |
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12th Century Renaissance? |
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[NOMINALISM vs REALISM] |
[NOMINALISM vs REALISM] |
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How we arrive at knowledge? |
*Major 12th Century argument --How do we get to truth? --Battles of thought +Ferocious +Plato vs Aristotle --Aristotle = Realist +Nominalism not exist +Things just exist in the world +Truth is on earth --Plato = Theory of forms +Things = Imperfect representations ^Universal concept of perfect ^Perfect not exist ^Abstract concept |
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St. Anselm? |
*Had new way of reconciling w/ diff. thoughts *Scholasticism --Way of think/learn --Method not content *Said faith is before reason --Reason can expand faith +Used as a tool *Scholasticism --Faith not questioned --Scripture = Ultimate truth *Credited w/ Ontological Proof --Ontology = Study of Being --Conceptual truth --Is axiomatic --God is in the mind +Imagine something greater than God? ^Not exist --Logic to argue position of faith |
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Peter Abelard? |
*Rule = 1079-1142 *Used dialect/scholasticism --Defines scholastic thought --New theology --Dialect = Method of argument +2 ppl w/ diff. views ^Arrive at truth *Was a minor noble *Genius --Studied w/ masters --No one liked him *Sic et non --Only reason to resolve contradiction --Take passages from the Bible +The Bible contradicts itself ^Danger +Bible not contradict ^Our understanding = Defective ^Have to look at philology(study of words) --Never argues faith/scripture is wrong *Became a wandering scholar --Never gave up on love for Elouis |
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Peter Lombard? |
*Influenced by Abelard *Wrote the "Sentences" --Same argument style as Abelard +Church doctrine ^Resolving inconsistencies --The standard medieval school text |
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Scholastic Thoughts? |
*Central intell. tool of late middle ages *Not body of knowledge --Way to arrive at knowledge +Master knowledge ^Learn ^Organize *Rational system *Reconcile all knowledge w/ scripture *Was an intellectual earthquake |
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Law in early medieval period? |
*Pretty chaotic --No standard concept *The law in the state that you're from still applies wherever you go *Changes = Long term --Feudalism, stability, and regional powers = Territorial/Stable kingship *Rediscovery --Corpus +Made by Justinian +Roman Edicts *Gov. can be authoritative body --Write and legislate law +For everyone *Canon law --Church law --Blending of scripture and law
--Gratian +Was Italian monk +Possib. died in 1159 +Made Decretum or Concordia ^Est. happiness |
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Vernacular Literature? |
*Tower of Babel *By 1100 --We see 3 distinct languages +Romantic = Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian ^Latin languages +Old Germanic ^German ^English +Celtic ^End up in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales --Language groups have local dialects +Ex: Italy had many dialects +Have their own literature *New Literature --Epics +Spanish and German --Lyrical (love poetry) +Troubadours made them ^Were on outskirts of society +Emotions +Noble Gentlemen --Romance: Entertainment +Adventure / Love +Tristan and Isolde stories |
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Goliardic Songs? |
*Expansion of the epic *Written by students --Ribald and gross --About kids not learning or following direction *Very popular |