PARISIAN SCHOLARS IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY by William J. Courtenay ( 9780511496288 )

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Title:

PARISIAN SCHOLARS IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY
A SOCIAL PORTRAIT

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ISBN 10:

0511496281

ISBN 13:

9780511496288

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 August, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series 41

Description:

A detailed study of the University of Paris in the late 1320s, using newly reconstructed documentation.

Synopsis:

This study of the social, geographical and disciplinary composition of the scholarly community at the University of Paris in the early fourteenth century is based on the reconstruction of a remarkable document: the financial record of tax levied on university members in the academic year 1329-1330. Containing the names, financial level and often addresses of the majority of the masters and most prominent students, it is the single richest source for the social history of a medieval university before the late fourteenth century. After a thorough examination of the financial account, the history of such collections, and the case (a rape by a student) that precipitated legal expenses and the need for a collection, the book explores residential patterns, the relationship of students, masters and tutors, social class and levels of wealth, interaction with the royal court and the geographical background of university scholars.

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5 maps

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

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Non-returnable

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