The First Universities
Subtitle: Studium Generale and the Origins of University Education in Europe
Contributors: Richard North (Translator)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521594318
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Higher & further education; History - General History; Institutions Of Higher Education; Education; Universities and colleges; History: World; Europe; Higher; History; Medieval; Education, Higher--Europe--History; Education-Higher; Education-History; History / Europe / General; History / Medieval; Education, Higher
First sentence: Today the oldest universities in Europe trace their history back to the middle ages, and they generally date their origin to a time around the end of the twelfth century.