PSYC 397 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Summa Theologica, Avicenna, Bubonic Plague

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The middle ages: 1000 1350 ce; period of economic and population recovery following late. Antiquity: appearance of cities, autonomy (of the citizens, business (profits), not virtue, was the drive, technological development necessary to be productive, opened up world trade, no slavery. Machine-thinking: began in the high middle ages; this was a belief that the world is a machine. This idea would become central during the scientific revolution. Middle ages were important for science and philosophy: many of aristotle"s works were recovered, developed his works and natural science flourished. Magna carta (1215) limited the power of the monarchy and gave power to the citizens. Bubonic plague divides the high middle ages from the late middle ages. Bubonic plague: time of turmoil and fear, 1/3 of europe"s population wiped out, conflict between religious and secular leaders, luther"s reformation (challenging authority of catholic church) High middle ages late middle ages renaissance.

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