Culture and school in the Middle Ages. Light and shade of educational problems
Giorgio CRESCENZA
Original title: Cultura y escuela en la Edad Media. Luces y sombras de problemas educativos
Published in
Keywords: Church, Education, Libraries, Medieval Age, Thomas Aquinas, University.
Famines and pestilences that alternated in the medieval age did not always allowed an orderly and regular flow of life. In this context, education and culture have not been a priority for all and of all, however cultural and educational strengths are many, including the birth of Universities and libraries. The article deals with a historical-pedagogical analysis on what happens in the school or in institutions similar to it which transmit culture codified in certain forms, through certain tools, with specific purposes. And this with the awareness that, especially in some periods, Courts and Churches are exactly the main vehicle of education, unlike school. It seems that an extensive renewal movement crosses the same religious circles and, on this point, the pedagogical project by Thomas Aquinas is reminded.
The Scholasticism – considerations about your internal unity and diversity
José D’Assunção BARROS
Original title: A Escolástica – considerações sobre sua unidade e diversidade interna
Published in Monastic and Scholastic Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Medieval Culture, Scholasticism, University.
The mainly purpose of this article is to discuss comparatively some historiography positions concerning to the interaction between Scholastic and the social-historical developments of the medieval period, examining this interaction on the point of view from the Cultural History. Among the questions examined, an important point is the relation between Scholastic and University, as also the correspondence between the transformations inside the Scholastic thought and the passages from the medieval period of feudal expansion (XI-XIII centuries) to the feudal crisis from the XIV and XV centuries.
