HUM-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Geoffrey Chaucer, Jargon, Petrarch
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Gothic: was actually a negative term, considered tacky and of poor class, terms comes from uncivilized germans. Suger: designed the first gothic cathedral. Saint-denis: first gothic cathedral, outside paris, he was martyred, beheaded, he carried his head, where he fell down and actually died is where the cathedral is, set the standard for gothic churches. Tall windows and spires because they were trying to reach god: french kings are buried in saint-denis (the town) Quadrivium: mathematical sciences, science, music, astronomy, pope says we need to educate everyone, not just the clerics. Muslims had been educated prior to this. Abelard: lecturer in sarbon university, said that everyone has an opinion, and as long as you can back it up, that"s fine, womanizer got his female student, heloise, pregnant, didn"t agree with teachings of the church. Dialectical method: discourse between 2 or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments.
