The First Universities: Studium Generale and the Origins of University Education in Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521105231)

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.

Author: Olaf Pedersen
ISBN-10: 0521105234
ISBN-13: 9780521105231
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2009
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d