HIST108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Corpus Juris Civilis, High Middle Ages, Toledo, Spain
Document Summary
Medieval learning and the birth of the university. Was hard to know who the authors were in the 12th c. Discovery of self was a new phenonium in the high middle ages. Sic et non - develops the dialectical method means "yes and no". Examine pros and cons and come up with the final solution. A history of calamities - his autobiography, arguably the first in europe. Heloise (c. 1100-64) intelligent woman and abelard was employed as his tutor. A dwarf on the shoulder of a giant" (bernard of chartres) Charles homer haskins, the renaissance of the twelfth century (1927) Rediscovery and rehabilitation of classical learning (greek philosophy and roman law) Background: urbanization and economic growth; the encounter with islam (at toledo, spain) Islam preserved ancient greek and roman heritage translated into arabic. Studium research and educational place and facilities. Natio nation" broad sense of nationalism in the middle ages.
