World History Chapter 9: 1100-1399 A.D. Section 6: 1200-1299 A.D. Cultural History
By Dallin Hardy Catholic Church
Franciscans
1209
Francis of Assisi
Members of
Franciscan Order
Lived
Simply
In extreme poverty Dominicans
1216
Dominic de Guzman
Members of
Dominican Order
Preached
Combated heresy
Summa Theologica
1274
Thomas Aquinas
Romanesque/Gothic Architecture
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
1211
Spain Gothic Architecture
Chartres Cathedral
1220
France
Notre-Dame de la Belle-Verrière
1225
Chartres Cathedral South Transept Rose Window
1230
Chartres Cathedral
Sainte-Chapelle
1248
Paris, France
Amiens Cathedral
1269
France
1272
France
Gothic Sculpture
The Death of the Virgin
1220
Strasbourg Cathedral Annunciation and Nativity
1260
Nicola Pisano
Pisa
Universities
University of Cambridge
1209
England University of Paris
1257
Medieval books
Hand-copied
Medieval Degrees
Bachelor of arts
Masters of Arts
Doctorate Literature
Latin
Universal language of
Medieval civilization Vernacular Literature
12th century
Vernacular
Language of everyday speech
The Poem of the Cid
1207
Spain
Old Spanish
Also called
Cantar de Mio Cid
Robin Hood
Beginning of Robin Hood
1283
“Lytil Jhon and Robyne Hude Wayth-men ware commendyd gude In Yngilwode and Barnysdale Thai oysyd all this tyme thare trawale.”
Robin Hood
Legendary folk hero
Sherwood Forest
Sheriff of Nottingham
Little John
Maid Marian
Sculpture
Horses of Saint Mark
1254
Placed upon cathedral
Early English Gothic
Salisbury Cathedral
1258 Castles
Kilkenny Castle
1213
Ireland Conway Castle
1289
Wales
Proto Renaissance
Madonna Enthroned
1285
Cimabue
Florence, Italy Crucifix
1288
Cimabue
Florence, Italy Italian Literature
The New Life
1295
Dante
Also called
Vita Nuova