The '''trivium''' was a [[Medieval]] education taught in universities that embodied three disciplines or areas of study: [[grammar]] (in [[Latin]], the scholarly language of the times), [[logic]], and [[rhetoric]]. The trivium is analogous to today's undergraduate studies, because it was meant to prepare students for work in the [[quadrivium]]. | The '''trivium''' was a [[Medieval]] education taught in universities that embodied three disciplines or areas of study: [[grammar]] (in [[Latin]], the scholarly language of the times), [[logic]], and [[rhetoric]]. The trivium is analogous to today's undergraduate studies, because it was meant to prepare students for work in the [[quadrivium]]. |