Exercises on Universities in the Middle Ages

(UFJF) The first universities created in the Late Middle Ages were the Universities of Bologna and Paris. For the most part, they were linked to the Church, founded by the Pope or confirmed by him. Monarchs and princes also thought they had the right to create them.
About medieval universities, it is incorrect to say that:

a) the growth in the number of universities, especially after the twelfth century, was linked to the expansion of the urban and commercial sectors;

b) since its beginning, universities have managed to keep away from the influence of the predominant thinking of the Catholic Church;

c) the creation of universities expanded the teaching activity, previously centered on monasteries located in the countryside;

d) teaching covered areas of knowledge such as grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music;

e) scholastic philosophy, studied in universities, sought to harmonize reason and faith.

One ​​of the most expressive theological segments in the entire history of the Catholic Church was born in the environment of medieval universities. That segment was:

a) Arianism

b) liberation theology

c) Scholasticism

d) the patristic

e) Pelagianism

(Unicenp) Judge the following statements about medieval universities:

I. Universities are the offspring of the intellectual renaissance of the twelfth century and the new curiosity generated by the contacts that the West established with the Muslim and Byzantine worlds.

II. Universities were corporations of professors and students.

III. Universities were completely independent of ecclesiastical power.

IV. The universities were divided into four faculties:Arts, Medicine, Law and Theology.

Check the correct alternative:

a) only statement II is correct;

b) only statement I is correct;

c) only statements I and II are correct;

d) only statements I, II and IV are correct;

e) all statements are correct.

In the Middle Ages, universities formed groups of students interested in three major areas:Law, Medicine and Theology. Upon completion of one of these courses, the student received the degree of doctor, which is still awarded to those who graduate in Law and Medicine. However, to enter medieval universities, the candidate needed to be trained in the so-called liberal arts, which were composed of:

a) Comenius teaching system

b) Trivium and Quadrivium

c) Rousseauian education system

d) Secular secondary education

e) Primary clerical education

Letter B

Medieval universities received the support of the Pope and the clergy, but they were free associations between professors and students, who, obviously, because they were immersed within an institution deeply rooted in the Catholic tradition, received strong influence of the precepts of the Church.

Letter C

Scholasticism developed around the twelfth century and was greatly influenced by both the apologetic fathers of Latin patrology and the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Among its main representatives are Thomas Aquinas, Alberto Magno and Bernardo de Claraval.

Letter D

The universities were linked to the Catholic Church and also shared its traditional teachings, which in turn did not despise pagan traditions, such as Greek-Latin knowledge. The idea that university knowledge needs to be secular is quite recent, dating from the 19th century.

Letter B

The liberal arts provided the basis for education in the Middle Ages and there were seven in total, divided into two parts:the Trivium, with three subjects:grammar, rhetoric and logic (or dialectic); and the Quadrivium, with four disciplines:astrology (which was also identified with astronomy at the time), music, arithmetic and geometry.