Quadrivium  

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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". Together, the trivium and the quadrivium comprised the seven liberal arts. The quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. These followed the preparatory work of the trivium made up of grammar, logic (or dialectic, as it was called at the time), and rhetoric. In turn, the quadrivium was considered preparatory work for the serious study of philosophy and theology.

See also

• Trivium
• Andreas Capellanus
• The Classical education movement
• Degrees of the University of Oxford