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10 Cards in this Set
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A young teacher of theology, had an affair with Heloise, important to apply reason to faith. Constant questioning led to wisdom. |
Peter Abelard |
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Teacher, greatest work, Summa Theologica, paid homage to human intelligence, natural knowledge, reason. wanted to combine aristotelianism and christianity, attempted to integrate aristotle with christianity. |
Saint Thomas Aquinas |
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Taught Aquinas, science, emphasis on God, nature, concrete details of nature |
Dominican Albert the Great |
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chancellor at oxford university, mathematics necessary to understand physical world, experimented with refraction of light. |
Robert Grosseteste |
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Monk and philosopher who foreshadowed modern attitude of using science to gain mastery over nature, research on optic nerves and eye. |
Roger Bacon |
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epic poems of heroic deeds that had first been told orally, dealt with charlemagne's battles against muslims |
french chansons de geste
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greatest literary figure of middle ages, wrote in latin and italian, the divine comedy |
Dante Alighieri |
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war between english and french |
hundred years war |
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pope of france |
gregory XI |
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believed natural reason could not prove God's existence |
william of ockham |
