HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cathedral School

• School: Queen's University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 226
• Professor: Abigail Agresta

Document Summary

From the twelfth century onward, the traditions of classical learning begin to be revived, and we see the beginning of recognizably academic intellectual activity. In the thirteenth century, these developments are institutionalized into universities, which quickly become the primary centres of intellectual thoughts. Li ge, etc: loosely organized, famous for individual masters. Bologna: university of the students : known for the study of law. Paris: university of the masters : known for theology civil law forbidden (1219, rst college: sorbonne (1257) Academic life: lectio (lecture, questio/disputatio (debate on a particular question, supervised by masters/ doctors) The twelfth century sees the rise of cathedral schools, and an open academic system based around individual masters. The thirteenth century sees the rise of the university, a closed academic system that provides structure, privileges, regulation, and barriers to entry. Universities are all male, all christian institutions, but quickly attract a very international student body.