Which were the 7 basic subjects taught in the Middle Age in Europe?

Question: Which were the 7 basic subjects taught in the Middle Age in Europe!?

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You are referring to the "trivium" and the "quadrivium"!. "In medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects taught first: grammar, logic, and rhetoric!. The word is a Latin term meaning “the three ways” or “the three roads” forming the foundation of a medieval liberal arts education!. This study was preparatory for the quadrivium!." see: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Trivium_%28!.!.!.

"The quadrivium comprised the four subjects, or arts, taught in medieval universities after the trivium!. The word is Latin, meaning "the four ways" or "the four roads": the completion of the liberal arts!. It was developed by Martianus Capella!.

Although applied in medieval universities as a Philosophy of Education, the practice of the quadrivium established on the foundation of the trivium is an ancient and universal ideal!. As such, the quadrivium is a product of Platonism and more so, Neoplatonism!. The application of this ideal in Western history mirrors similar themes found throughout ancient cultures the world over!. The trivium and quadrivium are components of the Perennial Philosophy, also known among scholars as the Philosophia Perennis!.[citations needed]"

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Ah, liberal arts:

"The Seven Liberal Arts
The expression artes liberales, chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we understand the word at this present day, but those branches of knowledge which were taught in the schools of that time!. They are called liberal (Latin liber, free), because they serve the purpose of training the free man, in contrast with the artes illiberales, which are pursued for economic purposes; their aim is to prepare the student not for gaining a livelihood, but for the pursuit of science in the strict sense of the term, i!.e!. the combination of philosophy and theology known as scholasticism!. They are seven in number and may be arranged in two groups, the first embracing grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic, in other words, the sciences of language, of oratory, and of logic, better known as the artes sermocinales, or language studies; the second group comprises arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music, i!.e!. the mathematico-physical disciplines, known as the artes reales, or physicae!."Www@QuestionHome@Com