ABSTRACT
In standard views about the Middle Ages, reason is typically contrasted with faith, and the period is often designated as the Age of Faith. The relationship between reason and faith was more complicated, requiring distinctions, and consideration of the ways in which faith was defended as reasonable. Developments in medieval society influenced commerce, technology, law, medicine, religion, philosophy, and institutions, all of which contributed to a greater role for rational analysis in the understanding and regulation of human experience.
