Co-operation and friendship among Byzantine scholars in the circle of Manuel II Palaeologus, as reflected in their autograph manuscripts
Co-operation and friendship among Byzantine scholars in the circle of Manuel II Palaeologus, as reflected in their autograph manuscripts By Charalambos Dendrinos Paper…
Seventh-Century Ireland as a Study Abroad Destination
Did you know that the Emerald Isle attracted swarms of eager foreign students, principally from England, to its monastic schools as early as the seventh century?
The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries By Malcolm Godden Proceedings of the British…
Luca Pacioli: the Father of Accounting Education
Luca Pacioli: the Father of Accounting Education Sangster, Alan (Middlesex University Business School, London, UK) Scataglini Belghitar, Giovanna (Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK)…
“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages
“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages By Jean-Luc Solère Originally published as “Etre licencié…
‘I have traveled a good deal in Norfolk’: Reconsidering Women’s Literacy in Late Medieval England
Many of our received critical beliefs about medieval literacy in general and medieval women’s literacy in particular come from analysis of very rarified texts, mostly those with literary intentions and particularly those in Latin
Session 5: Texts, Rituals and the Social Order – Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in 10th century Winchester
Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in 10th century Winchester Christopher Reidel (Boston College) Summary At the height of…
Books as a Source of Medical Education for Women in the Middle Ages
In this essay, I would like to explore the degree to which medical books may have functioned as an alternate source of medical education to women who, because of their sex, could not move within the same social and intellectual circles as men.
Where the Philosopher Finishes, the Physician Begins: Medicine and the Arts Course in Thirteenth-Century Oxford
Where the Philosopher Finishes, the Physician Begins: Medicine and the Arts Course in Thirteenth-Century Oxford By Roger French Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad…
Learning Medieval Medicine: The Boundaries of University Teaching
Learning Medieval Medicine: The Boundaries of University Teaching By Cornelius O’Boyle Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam, vol. 20 (2000)…
Opportunities for Teaching and Studying Medicine in Medieval Portugal before the Foundation of the University of Lisbon (1290)
Opportunities for Teaching and Studying Medicine in Medieval Portugal before the Foundation of the University of Lisbon (1290) By Iona M. McCleery Dynamis,…
Reading Regina: Revisiting the Education of Upper-Class Women In the Middle Ages
Reading Regina: Revisiting the Education of Upper-Class Women In the Middle Ages By Sarah Peters Lucerna, vol. 1, no. 1 (2006) Introduction: Medieval…
The Intellectual Infrastructures and Networks at Paris in 12th and in early 13th centuries
The Intellectual Infrastructures and Networks at Paris in 12th and in early 13th centuries By Hee-Man Lee Paper given at The Communications and Networks…
Sporting and Recreational Activities of Students in the Medieval Universities
The activities of students who attended these institutions provide historical insights into student life in an era before physical education and organized recreation became part of university education.
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy By S.J.B. Barnish Hommages a Carl Deroux,…
Editorial practice in Smaragdus of St Mihiel’s commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Editorial practice in Smaragdus of St Mihiel’s commentary on the Rule of St Benedict By Matthew D. Ponesse Early Medieval Europe, Vol.18:1 (2010)…
Ian McNeely on Reinventing Knowledge from Alexandria to the Internet
Professor Ian McNeely discusses the book written by him and Lisa Wolverton “Reinventing Knowledge”. This event took place August 15, 2008, as part…
What the West has won by the Fall of Byzantium?
In the following I shall attempt to present at least a broad evaluation of the impact Greek scholars had on the acculturation of Hellenic humanism in the late fifteenth and the early decades of sixteenth century Italy.
Inventing the Lollard Past : The Afterlife of a Medieval Sermon in Early Modern England
This essay explores the evolving significance of a famous fourteenth-century Paul’s Cross sermon by Thomas Wimbledon in late medieval and early modern England and its transmission from manuscript to print.
The Pursuit of Knowledge in Carolingian Europe
Alcuin, an Anglo-Saxon born around 730 and educated at York, represents part of that transformation. Many like him who had been educated in the cathedral and monastic schools of England, Ireland, Spain, and Italy no doubt had been destined to replace their own masters. Instead, as adults they found themselves transplanted to the kingdoms of the Franks, where their learning, pedagogical skills, and books were put to a new task.
The Construction of Islamic-Education Institutions in Mamluk Gaza
The Construction of Islamic-Education Institutions in Mamluk Gaza By Hatim Mahamid Nebula, Vol. 4:4 (2007) Introduction: The development of educational institutions and main…
1367: The Founding of the Spanish College at Bologna
1367: The Founding of the Spanish College at Bologna By Berthe M. Marti Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of…