The Rise And Early Constitution Of Universities

Author : S. S. Laurie
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ISBN 13 : 9781330956915
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book The Rise and Early Constitution of Universities written by S. S. Laurie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise and Early Constitution of Universities: With a Survey of Mediaeval Education This book is not addressed to historical experts, but to school-masters and others who wish to know something about mediaeval education and the rise of universities. The Lectures are, in fact, part of my historical course which I cannot find time or occasion to deliver, as I think it better to confine my public instructions to those historical aspects of education which convey practical lessons suited to the school-room. While I do not profess to instruct historical experts, I am yet quite prepared to defend the views which I venture to put forth, as at least the honest result of considerable reading and much labor of collation. To some I may seem, when dealing with university origins, to lean too much toward the "lay" views of Meiners; to others I may seem to incline to the "ecclesiastical" views of those who are represented by the inadequate and ill-constructed book of Huber. I can only say that the theory which I expound is based on a careful induction. Perhaps I ought to have no theory at all; but it seems to me that history, as distinguished from chronicles or annals, must always contain a theory, whether confessed by the writer or not. It may not be put prominently forward, but it lurks in the pages and may be read between the lines. A sound theory is simply a general conception which co-ordinates and gives unity and a causal relation to a multitude of facts. Without this, facts cease to have interest except for the antiquarian. The manuscript has been so long before me, and so frequently altered as my knowledge of the subject extended, that it is difficult for me now to give all my "sources." But I may mention that for the general history of the period I have read the usual authorities - Gibbon, Milman, Merivale, Guizot, Hallam, Sismondi, Sharon Turner, Freeman, Green, and Skene. All important references I have myself verified. When I draw from accessible works, such as the Theodosian Code, it is from my own analysis of the "Titles" which bear on education, and not at second hand; when I refer to Martianus Capella, Boethius, or Isidore, I do so as personally cognizant of at least the scope of their works, and have them open before me. In dealing with the three primary universities, I have based what I say on a careful and independent study of Ackermann for Salernum, of Crevier for Paris, of Savigny for Bologna, of Tomek for Prague, of Mullinger and Anstey's "Mon. Acad." for Cambridge and Oxford; I have also read the general accounts of Meiners, Huber, etc. Bulaeus and Wood have been at hand for reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."