Middle ages

Life in the middle Ages was hard. Only few had the privilege to study. Therefore they made an agreement with the church. This agreement was base that church will teach them as long as these people pay them. Over the time church established Universitas. In this Universitas they offered different degrees. The first degree that they offered was called Trivium. The Trivium was composed of the following topics Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric. This was also the Art section. There they study words and language. Therefore after passing the oral test they could get a Baccalourate certificate meaning that they could perform some work at the church. Secondly this Universitas offered another degree called Quadivium, which was composed of Arithmetic, Geometry, Astrology and Music. In this area they will study math and number. The Quadivium was part of the Science degree. In this time music was seem as part of the science curriculum because there they used to study and measure the music wave. Then once people pass the oral exam they got a degree in Magister. With this degree they could teach at the church as well. Finally there was the PH.D which can only be received in one of the following “Law, Medicine, Theology and Liberal Arts. Those who got a PH.D in law became lawyers, in medicine became Doctors, in theology became priest and in Liberal Arts they had the privilege to study books.

The student daily life in the Middle Ages was also hard. This student had to attend to class under critical circumstances. First the food and lodging were primitive, heating scarce, artificial lighting nonexistent, and income sporadic. Besides the daily schedule was rigorous, made more so by the shortage of books and writing materials. The student daily schedule basically start at Five AM, therefore they woke up at four AM. Then from Five to Six AM it was Arts lessons. At six AM they had Mass which basically means to pray then they had breakfast. From eight to ten AM they had lectures. Therefore from eleven to twelve AM they had disputations before the noon meal. As well from one to three PM they had repetitions of the morning lectures with tutors. More over from three to five PM they had cursory lectures or what they called generalized lectures on special topics. At six PM they had Supper. Finally from seven PM to Nine PM they had study and repetitions of the previous topics and at nine PM they would go to bed.