What do you call Medieval scholars?
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Topic: What do you call Medieval scholars?
Posted By: Amirsan
Subject: What do you call Medieval scholars?
Date Posted: 23-Aug-2006 at 07:43
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I need some names of what writers, scientists, or any creative people were called in the Medieval European ages. Not just one name, but several if possible. For example, a writer in ancient times would be called a Scribe. Would they call writers in Medieval times "Scribe" also? I know there were indeed "scholars" and scholastisicm, but where there other names and ways of calling people who wrote great texts, researched, studied, etc. Thanks Amir. |
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 16:19
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Well, personally I think you call them scholars... It is the only term I came across in my studies... Of course, you can also use the profession they were famous for:
philosopher, historian, natural philosopher, alchemist, astronomer etc. ------------- 
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Posted By: Constantine XI
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2006 at 01:59
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The difficulty is that many texts in those days were of a religious
nature, with the church itself often being one of the main sources of
literate writers. So actual writers were typically those involved in
religious works or working as a copyist. Such people were called
clerics. For non-religious texts, you will need to refer to the
profession of the person most of the time.
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Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 04-Oct-2006 at 08:34
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I think its' just a question of language- they are in form the same thing, are they not? ------------- |