Culture & the Church 12/15/22

Romanesque churches

• were long with rounded ceilings that were very heavy

• used flying buttresses that made it possible to build with thinner walls and have large stained glass windows.

What is theology?

• the study of ancient rocks

• the study of God and religion

• the study of ancient churches

What did the followers of scholasticism attempt to prove?

• that ideas accepted on faith conflicted with ideas developed through reason.

• that ideas accepted on faith did not have to conflict with ideas developed through reason

What was the official language of the church and the university?

• Latin

• English

• Spanish

Why did monks find new religious orders in the Middle Ages?

• They were worried about the direction the church was going in and wanted to return it to the Christian ideals it was founded on.

• They converted to Buddhism

• They did not find new religious orders

What was the usual subject of troubadour poetry?

• women wanting to leave their husbands

• love poems about a knight and a lady

• men cheating on their wives

This monk turned from teaching theology to studying the natural world. He helped pave the way for the rise of modern science.

• Roger Bacon

• Roger Sausage

• Dominic de Guzman

Which languages were part of the vernacular languages of Europe?

• English, Italian, Spanish, French, German

• Italian and Spanish

• French and German

This individual founded the Franciscans

• Dominic de Guzman

• Charlemagne

• Saint Francis of Assisi

This individual founded the Dominicans

• Roger Bacon

• Dominic de Guzman

• Saint Nicholas