A student could earn a doctor’s degree in law, medicine, or theology in about 10 or more years.
The most highly regarded subject was theology—the study of religion and God.
The study of theology was strongly influenced by a philosophical and theological system known as scholasticism.
Scholasticism tried to reconcile faith and reason—to show that what was accepted on faith was in harmony with what could be learned through reason and experience.
Its chief task was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of the Greek philosophers.
Aristotle reached his conclusions by rationale thought, not by faith, and his ideas sometimes contradicted Church teachings.