HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Flash Pasteurization, Black Death, Scholasticism
21 Oct 2020
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The black death there was a massive loss of life and how the people were living their lives: disapproved of the ignorance, indignity, injustice and inhumanity of the. Occurred especially with the regard of the possession of the church, the big target of humanism: church corruption, dogma , contemplative life. It was worldly and dealing with political issues. If you were literate you were a member of the clergy and if you were literate you had involvement in ruling. If you were going to university you were headed to the clergy. They were active citizens: little active participation by informed citizenry. They sit in silence and think, but what kind of contribution do this bring to society. Unlighted, unjust dark age that did not involved people in society was referred as the "medieval period" After the "medieval period" when people that were non-clergy were allowed in politics: wished to recover classical ideals, especially regarding religion, politics and scholarship.
