Status of Humanity

The article on 12th century Renaissance was pretty cool this week. Even though the church dominated almost everything, the people of this time were interested in rising to the occasion. People were looking for closer relationship the divine and a more personal religious experience, not only that but they were looking to better themselves as well. The church was trying to make Christianity more Human and more oriented to people which also led to this time period to also be named "The Age of Faith". It was interesting to learn that people wanted to obtain a higher status. I am not all surprised by this after the readings last week, who wouldn't want to take a chance at higher status. The cool thing was that for the most part people did it because they wanted more knowledge although there were those (town dwellers or bourgeois) who were in it mainly for the money. It seems though that eventually this love of knowledge and learning grew so much that it became independent of the church. I can see where this would upset the clergy but the population of people wanting to be students had grown so much that the monasteries and churches had no more room (Wow that many students in that time period). Thus we have the development of the University.