1. What factors contributed to the revival of learning in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries?
2. What was the significance of medieval universities?
3. Compare and contrast medieval universities and universities today.
4. What were the essential features of the medieval view of the universe? How does this view differ from the modern view?
5. What were the scholastic philosophers trying to accomplish?
6. How did Aquinas view the relationship between reason and faith?
7. What was the significance of Aquinas' thought?
8. How might Socrates have regarded Aquinas and his thought?
9. What did the Middle Ages contribute to the growth of science?
10. What was the significance of the revival of Roman law?
11. What do each of the following tell us about the attitudes and interests of medieval people: troubadour poetry, The Canterbury Tales, The Divine Comedy, and Gothic architecture.