HISTORY 3S03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deeper Understanding, Neoplatonism, Petrarch
2 Dec 2016
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Physiognomy: art of judging character from the features of the body; from the greek physis (nature) and gnomon (judge) 470-(cid:1005)5(cid:1004)(cid:1004) ce, feudal (cid:449)orld, a (cid:858)dark(cid:859) ti(cid:373)e i(cid:374) ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al (cid:272)ulture, medicine and culture. Knowledge is transmitted, but no growth of new knowledge. Catholic church gains power through the western world: medicine and medical practices consistent with the church. Plague: covered from head to toe with a cone, determined if they would live/die, bloodletting. Monasteries: control of knowledge, suppression of knowledge that challenged the teachings of church. Bayeux tapestry: source of sport and leisure, unusual for the time period, record for contemporary scholars, created i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1004)7(cid:1004)(cid:859)s order of bishop odo. Bishop odo of bayeus (1049-1097: half-brother of william the conqueror, energetic, advocate for exercise and sport, sport important for warfare and strengthening body and soul, need for all classes. Sports helped to strengthen the body which housed the soul.
