, 1877-01-20
TIE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS.

An Inktttutlon nf The Thirteenth Century-.-
International squabbics---Tho Revival ar
Classical Learning.
Lon;on Saturday Etrtrr.
The University of Paris comprised three high
or Faculities-those Of Theology, Canon Law,
and AiclIcne-nnd fourth, wht.h ranked lover,
md WAS considered Introductory to tic others,
the Faculty Ut Arts. This wAs divided into four
"natlons, ,'-Frencl,, Norman, Picard, md E.a-
Eiisl,, Of which. with tue exception Of the
Norman, was subltvidcd into "proyinecs," and
Of tlscsc, every one Comprised number Of do
ccscs. The French nation Included tic l'royln-
tea OF paris, Rheims Srns, Tours, anu DourEes,
the last eonprehcndiug all Foreigners fro1a thu
nRtlon had t'ro provinces, of whsel, one WIS u.s.
signed exclusively to the English, the other to
nll tho students from the north and cast Of
Eur"pc. ln ths year 1921 an alteration took
Into three proynces.-the Higher Ucrtnan. which
included not only tho Germans of the South,
the nungnrIans, md Slars, hut, arrange to say,
the Swctlcs aud Danes; the Low er Germau, which
aud part of tho Netherlands; and lie English,
which was confined to tho present Grcat urItatn
and ireland. with the Islands thercto aupertai,l-
Ing. Toward the middle Of the fifteenth century
.lerignnt.on "Engllsh' disappeared from lie
register. That International Bqliabbles were not
merely nominal was mattcr u course, and the
yesr Isl was rendered notable bya fight for
English, the latter LasIng thcir claim their
alleged higher antiquity; tho former OH the ias:
That tilcv were or,lfuarily placed hghcr III tic
list of nution*, and that they partially hconEctto
III w|'icl. the English were victorious, killing
,uany Plear4ts and ntor!ninF their houses. An
anonymous chsoniclcr, lauktns back uu the
event, erarely and Jutlielouely, rc,Iarss, "St {"
tween the students and citizens wercmuch mure
frequent. and oI!G which tKclrrcl rArcr IN tllU
thirteenth century than tho battlr atYr record
CT alnuht resulted III consequences fatal tu the
University. Tha Eral,tl historical drama was iii
two act.. In l2!i tIo Cardinal Lcgasc. Win wus
then resilIngtn Paris, anil had duHlclucoHtso-
vcrny between the University ansl tho Chu,ttr III
heCathrdral fn favor OF TIC LITTER, MAS attacked
tic highest t,ury OF whlcli tc was compelled
to sce!: shelter, a,"l he would have suI. red per.
aot,nl 'i.trrai,nct had nut HI armed fnrtc m
ttrl,osca IN time, and arrcatcd considerable
party VI students had au nitcrratlan With tho
Keeper IT y WING shop In the suburbs, IN which
they hal tic wnrst u II, beln. put to flight By
m,se Aost aud his nc'ght'ors Returning, how
by .torm, STAYED tu tle harre!s, broke What
ever came within reacl!, and, dsl.orsing about
tho streets, attuckett wAolHsncyer they met,
without disllnttun Ut sex, aud wounded lHuiy.
lElh EAFc lhE ltcHcHI-NtHEtn Dll1lEt+ WHO WIS
mlll h las 6pnlda1uis cptgranl l!nts too InllclL)
attached to tile Car..inal Lcxatt, I'M opportunity
of publishing Iwu ortrages togetler. .an, she 1ls.
patrhc.l thc pravost tn the arcnc Of uett, wllu,
tnsscah VI Investigating the case, hIa'lc ii, M
blauyat nn Ina students, Whereby many liyca
were LOST. Tie uniycrsIty r&;nuscl tic cause
If hcr children, and attempted IT. obtain re-
dress: but, ull eHurts proving yan MI ex.rc,nc
measure WA ndoPtcd; teachers and Students
alike scattered themselves all uyer France, AMI
even migrated 10 Oxfnrsl antt Cambridge, the
high reputation u their own unlterhtY ser.lri,l..
tor tl.cin warm reception everywhere. After
lhc laps: of two years reconciliation WAS ef-
trcte.l through tic inteTpusit!0n VI Pope Greg
Dry IN, AMI It may bs remarked that tbs
!'"pca generally we're extremely friendly to tla:
institution. As the revival IT classical Irarntng
reached lls bright. the worldwide rcllowu 1t
The Cniyerslty III Paris faded awsy. luris 1.aiin
was regarded IN barl1araua jarGun by cnthu-
sIa>tIr students ct antlue lorr, aud scholars ii
= new type wrre heard 10 complain III the tgnn-
rance lli2t prevailed throughout France. A. 1hu
central seal of 4eholasslr theology, the un:sr,~
silly had. as ne have Aecr, lttrattctl Rt,,!e,tth
frUm ala Europe; and, when othrr 1ralsrl,es ol
learning had taken thu plarc Of this, monopoly
VIVA gntle. Even in tts prondest days 1t owcil
lts faIne less to Freuchfaen tt:ul to Foreigners.