The Medieval Concept of Spiritual,

Intellectual, Political and Economic

Education
 Topic Outline

 Monasticism
 Scholasticism
 Chivalry
 The Guild System of
Education
 History

The fall of Rome in 476 A.D is considered as the

end of ancient times and the start of medieval
history.
 MONASTICISM
-is a special form of religious community life.

Greek word
ALONE
“monos”
* Greek word
DWELLING
“monaschism”
ALONE
Famous People

St. Patrick
- founded the first
monasticism in Ireland
between AD 432 and 461.
Famous People

St. Anthony

-founder of Christian
monasticism.

-(Father of Monasticism)
Monks Nuns
 AIMS
1. Spiritual
chastity,
2. Moral poverty,
obedience
3. Spiritual
Knowledge

4. Virtue
Agencies of Education
Monasteries and Monastic School
 The Curriculum of Monastic School

The Trivium ( three roads) The Quadrivium

• Grammar ( four roads)
• Dialect • Geometry
• Rhetoric • Arithmetic
• Music
• Astronomy
Types of Education
1. Moral and religious training
Types of Education
2. Literacy Education
Types of Education
3. Manual Training
Methods of Instructions
• Catechetical Method
• Dictation
• Memorization
• Language
• Discipline
• Meditation and Contemplation
 Contribution to Education

1. Preserving culture of Cristian Monasteries.

2. Opposing vices and corruption
3. Taming warlike spirits
4. Giving dignity of labor
 II. SCHOLASTICISM
-was a general designation for the particular methods and
tendencies to rationalize the doctrines of Christian church.
 II. SCHOLASTICISM
scholasticus

Greek word scholastics

scholastikos

pertains to a school “the schoolmen”

 Aristotle
He had used logic to try to prove
the existence of God.
 Anselm, Archbishop
of Canterbury

He developed a philosophy that claimed to lead

through reason alone to basic truths about God. But
he believed that human beings need divine
revelation to fill out and expand such knowledge.
 Types of Education
Major Scholastic of 12 th

Century 1. Disputed Question

2. Disputed Question on
Truth

3. Summae

Aims of Education
1. Intellectual Discipline

2. Faith by Reason
 Agencies of Education

1. Parish School 3. Palace School

2. Monastic and Cathedral School 4. University

 Methods of Instruction
1. Argumentative Method 3. Aristotelian Logic

2. Lecture and Examination 4. Problem Solving

Methods
 Contribution of Education

1. Organization of the University

2. Emphasis on the Intellectual Training
Chivalry and the
Age of Feudalism
 Chivalry

 “chevalerie”
means
horse soldiery
Feudalism
 the general term to describe
the political and military
system of Western Europe

“fief”
Feudal System King

Provides money
King grants land to
and Knights Lord the Lords

Provide protection
Lords grants land
and military
service Knights to the Knights

Provide food and

Knights grants land
services when
demanded
Serfs to the villeins
Aims of Chivalric Education
Morality
 virtues of honor
 bravery
 courtesy
Aims of Chivalric Education
Responsibility
 managing their own
estates
 dealing with lower
classes
Aims of Chivalric Education
Horsemanship
 horseback warfare
 hunting
 tournaments
Aims of Chivalric Education
Gallantry
 deal gallantry with the
noble ladies
 protect the weak
Aims of Chivalric Education
Religiosity
 service to god
Aims of Chivalric Education
Social Graces
 girls in social graces
 manner fit for ladies
 Agencies of
Education and
Content
Studied
Home

for young
boys and
girls
Court

for girls
The Castle

for the boys

Troubadours, Minnesingers,
and Minstrel
 Agents of
education
 entertainment
Vernacular
 Noble deeds of
Heroes
 Beautiful ladies
 Brilliant deeds of
knights
Learning and
through lords
their songs
Content studied by the pupils:

religion
music
dancing
Content studied by the pupils:
horse riding warfare
hunting
tournaments
Content studied by the pupils:

Physical exercises
Content studied by the pupils:

Reading
Writing
 Literature in vernacular
Content studied by the pupils:

good manners
right conduct
social graces
etiquette
Content studied by the pupils:

Household duties
 Sewing
 Weaving
 Cooking
 Embroidery (for girls)
Content studied by the pupils:
At higher level:
 Jousting
 Falconing
 Swimming
 Horsemansip
 Boxing
 Writing and signing verse
 Chess
Jousting - martial games
Falconing - hunting
- Sport of Kings
Methods of Instruction
 Observation, imitation and practice

 Apprenticeship

 Motivation
Training Preparation for Knighthood
Training Preparation for Knighthood

Care of the women of his family

Learned to a ride a pony and

care for horse
 Knights Training

Knight
Squire
Page
 Greatest Contribution to Education

 Use of vernacular as a tool of

teaching

 The emphasis placed on the

learning of social graces, rules of
etiquette or good manners and right
conduct
The Guild System
of Education
 The Guild System of Education

Guilds – were associations of the

people who had common interest.
The Guild System of Education

Religious guilds

Alms

Mass
Merchant Guilds

Craft Guilds
Merchant Guilds
Craft Guilds
 Bowyers
 Fletchers
 Girdles
 Hatters
 Skinners
 Weavers
 From Apprentice to Master

Apprentice Journeymen Master

 Aims of Education
 Business Interest and Preparation for
Commercial and Industrial Life

 Vocational Preparation
Agencies of Education and
Contents Studied
The Burgher School
The Chantry School
The Guild School
 Methods of Instructions
Observations, imitation, and practice

Dictation, memorization, and catechetical

methods

Discipline
Outstanding Contribution to
Education
Vocational Training or manpower
development

Apprenticeship
Thank you!