Medieval Culture I

Medieval Culture I

Literacy and Education

Study the chart

What role did the Church have in Charlemagne's government?

Remember / find the date. When did Charlemagne rule?

Look at the illustration from the Fulda manucsript.

Who was Alcuin and what did he do?

Why is this era referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance? (Consider what the word Renaissance originally means)

Study the chart (Revision)

What role did the secular clergy have in literacy?

What role did the regular clergy have in literacy?

Which order was the oldest and most widely spread in Western Europe in this period?

Quiz!!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pictures depict a Benedictine monastery?

Watch the short extract from the film "The Name of the Rose"

What is a scriptorium? (You'll need to come up with a definition at the next slide)

Open Ended

Give a definition. What was the scriptorium?

Look at the picture and find out what these terms mean.

1) Codex – codices:

2) Illuminated manuscript:

3) parchment:

4) Carolingian minuscule:

5) Initial:

Cloister schools

Where were they?

What were they like?

What did they teach?

Who did they teach?

Read the text.

Were the knights literate?

What subject dominated their education?

"The knights education included horse riding, fencing, spear fighting, swimming, hunting, poem writing for the lady of the heart, chess, ceremonial of the court and music. The future battle elite received religion education as well."

Open Ended

Revision. Look at the picture. How were craftsmen educated. What were the three stages of their career?