HUM 2020 Lecture 25: Education in the Middle Ages/The East
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Education in medieval times and the east/the orient. First university- bologna, italy circa 1100; only rich, white, land-owning men could attend; had to be literate. Cathedral windows and sculptures were the main source of education for the illiterate peasants. Monks were hired for private education in the middle ages. Most universities were built in the 1200s and 1300s. South of europe (africa through the middle east) was continually attacked. The pope asked kings and armies to go on crusades for the gospel. Crusades pushed the muslims out in 1492, the same year columbus was financed by. Ferdinand and isabella of spain to voyage to the new world. The last muslims were removed from spain in 1492- their last stronghold was the. Numerals 12 and on were invented by the arabics. The number 0 originated in india, but brought back by the muslims and added to the. Arabic numerals came to the west after the middle ages.
