1100-1200's
time period that was the pinnacle of culture during the middle ages
3 reasons why culture thrived
1. Trade and Contact with Eastern Civilizations 2. Growth of Euro towns and cities 3.

Rise of the Middle Class

5 changes/improvements
Universities, Church Sponsored Education, New Interists in Science, Literature and Language, Art and Architecture
Scholastics
philosophers who believed that reason or logic could be used to explain Christian teachings
Thomas Aquinas
brilliant 1200's monk and author of Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica
well known book which said God gave man the ablity to think logically
Roger Bacon
1200s English monk and one of the first great scientists
Astrology