Assertion: university | /r/CapableOf | emerge as scholastic guild
Facets:
value: whether of masters
type: OTHER
value: spontaneously
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hastings Rashdall set out the modern understanding of the medieval origins of the universities, noting that the earliest universities emerged spontaneously as "a scholastic Guild, whether of Masters or Students... without any express authorization of King, Pope, Prince or Prelate.