The course will broadly be divided in 5 blocks of lessons on the following topics:

1. Introduction; historical notions related to the topics of the course; what is the medieval Scholasticism and what are the literary genres of Scholasticism.

2. History of the medieval cultural institutions; cultural centres in medieval Europe; Medieval University curricula.

3. The reception of the ancient authors in the medieval University culture; focus on medieval Aristotelianism (Auctoritates Aristotelis, medieval commentaries and translations of Aristotelian works, etc.).

4. The relationship between philosophy and theology in the medieval culture: examples taken from Peter Lombard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, Jean Gerson

5. Teachers and students in the medieval University; the figure of the ideal master and of the ideal student; methods, perspectives and limits of teaching and learning in the Middle Ages (examples from Bonaventura of Bagnoregio, Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, Jean Gerson and others)