Life in the Medieval University (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Robert Sangster Rait

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ISBN 10 : 1440058512 ISBN 13 : 9781440058516

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A vivid look at how medieval universities shaped student life, study, and discipline across Europe.

Discover the daily routines, rules, and ambitions that defined a scholar’s world. In Life in the Medieval University, Robert Sangster Rait surveys how medieval colleges formed, governed, and nurtured Learning. Drawing on a rich mix of statutes, records, and narrative, the book traces the rise of universities, the role of colleges in different cities, and how regulations shaped studying, dining, and daily conduct. The discussion moves from Oxford and Paris to Bologna and beyond, highlighting both shared traditions and local differences that influenced what it meant to be a student.

• How the early universities grew from education centers into structured communities with rules, endowments, and distinct identities.
• What life inside a medieval college looked like, including discipline, meals, rooms, and social codes.
• Differences between English, Parisian, and continental colleges, and how nations, faculties, and patrons affected daily life.
• Examples of student experiences, finances, and the sometimes strict paths from arts to law or theology.

Ideal for readers of medieval history, university history, and anyone curious about the roots of higher learning, this edition sheds light on the people, places, and practices that shaped centuries of scholarship.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

NOTE ON THE FRONTISPIECE In this picture the schoolboy is .seen arriving with his satchel and being presented with a hornbook by Nieostrata, the Latin muse Carmentis, who changed the Greek alphabet into the Latin. She admits him by the key of cemgruita* to the House of Wisdom (" Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars," Proverbs Ik. 1). In the lowest 6tory he begins hia course in Donatus under a Bachelor of Arts armed with the birch in the next he is promoted to Priscian. Then follow the other subjects of the Trimum and the Quadriviwm, each subject being represented by its chief exponent-logic by Aristotle, arithmetic by Boethius, geometry by Euclid, etc, Ptolemy, the philosopher, who represents astronomy, 19 confused with the kings of the same name. Pliny and Seneca represent the more advanced study of physical and of moral science respectively, and the edifice is crowned by Theology, the long and arduous course for which followed that of the Arts. Its

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440058512
• ISBN 13: 9781440058516
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
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