Culture and crusade Flashcards
Theology
The study of religion and god
Scholasticism
Ideas accepted on faith
Natural law
Some laws have authority on human nature
Vernacular
English, Italian, Spanish, French, and German were vernacular languages
Troubadour poetry
Love poems about love from a knight for a lady
Heresy
Ideas that conflicted with church teaching.
Anti semitism
Hostility toward Jews
Thomas Aquinas
He was a Italian Dominican that became scholasticism greatest thinker.
Francis of Assisi
He started the Franciscan order in 1209
Dominic de Guzman
A Spanish monk that started the Dominican order in 1216
Where were the first two universities located?
Bologna, Italy, and paris
Why did the Cistercian monks form a new order?
They were unhappy with wealthy monstaries and wanted a simpler more spiritual way of life
How were Friars different from the monks?
The preached served as missionaries and order the poor. Friars could not own properties
What was the main goal of Dominicans?
Defend the teachings of church
What was the Inquisition?
It was a church court to question and deal with people accused of Heresy