HIS230H5 Lecture 1: 13th Century Europe
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The intellectual world view of people who drew maps at this had greco-roman aspects (ex: Labyrinth) and ancient historical interests (ex: the camp of alexander the great) Also included religious aspects from the bible: garden of eden, the red sea, noah"s ark, the tower of babel. Thomas aquinas (1225-1275: philosopher, believed that humans are endowed with reason, we are all capable of understanding reason, reason and revelation compliment each other, had an optimistic intellectual view of the world. Latin was the language of knowledge, people learned it in school. Inclusive: no matter where you went to school in medieval europe, you would learn in. Latin: exclusive: if you didn"t know latin (if you weren"t christian, weren"t a boy or never learned it), you were left out of many things. There was no printing press at the time. Plainchants: gregorian chants that were sung using just the voice for worship.
