The First Universities: Studium Generale and the Origins of University Education in Europe

by Olaf Pedersen, Richard North

Overview

This is a general study of the development of higher education in Europe from antiquity until the end of the Middle Ages. It shows how the slender traditions of ancient learning, kept alive in the monastic and cathedral schools, were enriched by an enormous influx of knowledge from the Islamic world and how in consequence the schools developed into universities. Special attention is paid to early intellectual history and the scientific disciplines, and to the everyday life of the students and their teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521105231
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/19/2009
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

1. The classical inheritance; 2. From ancient science to monastic learning; 3. The Carolingian Renaissance; 4. The schools of the middle ages; 5. From school to studium generale; 6. The battle for the universities; 7. Structure and form of government; 8. The material situation; 9. The road to degrees; 10. Curricula and intellectual trends; Indexes.