AS.140.105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scivias, Cassiodorus, Scriptorium

• School: JHU
• Department: AS History of Science & Technology, AS History, AS Public Health Studies
• Course: AS.140.105
• Professor: Le Jacq, Seth Stein

Document Summary

Christianity and medicine: monasteries as centers of translation and learning, monasteries and care; hospitals, clergy as healers. Monasteries were centers of translation and learning, before the advent of university, main training place and a source of healing. Arab islamic world is one world, monastery is the other place of learned education, people that have forgone secular life and committing themselves to learned pursuits. Martin of tours: established a monastery in france, moved away from secular world and into his religious life. Benedict of nurcia establishes a monastery in italy and sets forth a rule of living in a religious community, work one should do, how one should be active. Days were taken up with specified prayers, have a very meager diet (no meat when sick), receive wine, and do a lot of work that has spiritual significance. They had to take part in spiritual reading, needed well-stocked library and needed to think critically on the texts.