HIST-1720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lollardy, Bubonic Plague, Mendicant Orders
23 Apr 2017
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Many different texts are brought back (rediscovery of roman law) Rediscovery of aristotle (ethics, science, theatre; trying to bring rationalism to his worldview. Medieval education was mainly training to become a priest, but aristotle was a pagan, and not a christian. So the(cid:455) re(cid:272)reate aristotle a(cid:374)d sa(cid:455) he pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)l(cid:455) (cid:449)ould"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) christia(cid:374) if he k(cid:374)e(cid:449) a(cid:271)out jesus. Ne(cid:449) philosoph(cid:455) the(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)e up (cid:449)ith is (cid:272)holasti(cid:272)is(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:373)i(cid:454)es aristotle"s logi(cid:272) (cid:449)ith christia(cid:374) theology) Evidence that people are very religious and even have daily encounters with religion. People are going on crusades, going to church. Christian prayer and charity: gets permission to preach; also given to those who francis accepts as his followers. Dominican order starts about this time too (st. dominic. -new groups of people going out and preaching to regular people. These orders became known as mendicant orders (friars = brothers) Totally new idea: st. francis receives the stigmata (scars and wounds like jesus which people respect)
