Quiz · Learning and Go-Betweens
Going to School in 1280: From the Madrasa to Paris
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Watch or rewatch the film: Going to School in 1280: From the Madrasa to ParisQuestion 1 of 2Every book was copied by hand. Why did Paris stationers rent texts out in sections?
Stationers rented a text in sections called peciae, about four folios each, so many students could copy at the same time. The university fixed the price.
Source: EP44 claims T17-098, T17-099, T17-100 (Wikipedia, Pecia; Rait 1912); narrated at 08:01 of 12:23 (64%)
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The answer: So many students could copy at once
Stationers rented a text in sections called peciae, about four folios each, so many students could copy at the same time. The university fixed the price.
Source: EP44 claims T17-098, T17-099, T17-100 (Wikipedia, Pecia; Rait 1912); narrated at 08:01 of 12:23 (64%)
Question 2 of 2In 1277 the Bishop of Paris condemned 219 propositions. Whose ideas did some of them touch?
On March 7, 1277, Bishop Étienne Tempier condemned 219 propositions. Some touched ideas of Aquinas, who had died in 1274.
Source: EP44 claims T17-120, T17-121 (Wikipedia, Condemnations of 1210–1277), T17-114; narrated at 10:05 of 12:23 (81%)
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The answer: Thomas Aquinas’s, three years after his death
On March 7, 1277, Bishop Étienne Tempier condemned 219 propositions. Some touched ideas of Aquinas, who had died in 1274.
Source: EP44 claims T17-120, T17-121 (Wikipedia, Condemnations of 1210–1277), T17-114; narrated at 10:05 of 12:23 (81%)
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