Medieval Society Medieval Society

Traditional Order of Life Traditional Order of Life Nobles Nobles Warriors Warriors Way of Life Way of Life Social Divisions Social Divisions

Clergy Clergy Secular Secular Regular Regular Prominence Prominence

Peasants Peasants Duties of Tenancy Duties of Tenancy Life of a Serf Life of a Serf Changes in the Manor Changes in the Manor

Medieval Towns Medieval Towns

Chartering of Chartering of Towns Towns

Rise of Merchants Rise of Merchants Challenging Old Challenging Old

Lords Lords

New Models of New Models of Government Government

Town Society Town Society Social Tensions Social Tensions Conscious of class Conscious of class

distinctions distinctions Laws enacted to limit Laws enacted to limit

class competitionclass competition Urban self-government Urban self-government

tended to become tended to become aristocratic aristocratic

Towns and Kings Towns and Kings Towns source of Towns source of

human, financial, and human, financial, and technological resources technological resources for kings for kings

Effective royal Effective royal government created government created best environment for best environment for commerce commerce

Monarchies issued Monarchies issued standardized standardized currencies to facilitate currencies to facilitate buying and selling buying and selling

Jews in Christian Society Jews in Christian Society

Universities Universities

University of University of Bologna Bologna

Cathedral SchoolsCathedral Schools Trivium Trivium (grammar, (grammar,

rhetoric, logic) rhetoric, logic) Quadrivium Quadrivium

(arithmetic, (arithmetic, geometry, geometry, astronomy, and astronomy, and music) music)

University of Paris University of Paris

Curriculum Curriculum

Scholasticism Scholasticism Summa Summa

Peter Abelard Peter Abelard (1079-1142) (1079-1142)

Peter Lombard Peter Lombard (1100-1169) (1100-1169)

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)(1225-1274)

Critics of Critics of Scholasticism Scholasticism

Women in Medieval Women in Medieval SocietySociety

Master of St. Veronica (triptych)Master of St. Veronica (triptych)

(1410)(1410)

Figures in a Rose Garden (15Figures in a Rose Garden (15thth cent. ) cent. )

Rouen Book of Hours. Rouen Book of Hours.

““The Kiss of Judas” The Kiss of Judas”