Studenten und Gelehrte: Studien zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte Deutscher Universitaten im Mittelalter (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance): 32 - Hardcover

Schwinges, Rainer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004164251 ISBN 13: 9789004164253

Publisher: Brill, 2008

Synopsis

Through the foundation of the universities at Prague (1348), the Roman-German Empire caught up with and integrated itself into the European cultural space of universities, one of the consequences being a constant rise of the number of students. The studies collected in this volume analyse the acceptance and social effects of this process, comparing German and European phenomena. They concentrate on university members, students and graduates of extremely different origins, following the parameters of status, parental ties, group affiliation, and networks: crucial moments include the access to university, studies and leisure activities, the converging aspects of social and academic hierarchy and finally the application of academic expertise in different professional environments. The main focus thus lies on the medieval universities’ contribution to the creation of a modern "society of knowledge".

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About the Author

Rainer Christoph Schwinges, Dr. phil. (1974), Habilitation (1985) for Medieval and Modern History, University of Giessen (D), is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bern (CH). Main publications on the history of universities: Deutsche Universitätsbesucher im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert (1986), Gelehrte im Reich. Studien zur Sozial- und Wirkungsgeschichte akademischer Eliten des 14. bis 16. Jahrhunderts (1996).

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Through the foundation of the universities at Prague (1348), the Roman-German Empire caught up with and integrated itself into the European cultural space of universities, one of the consequences being a constant rise of the number of students. The studies collected in this volume analyse the acceptance and social effects of this process, comparing German and European phenomena. They concentrate on university members, students and graduates of extremely different origins, following the parameters of status, parental ties, group affiliation, and networks: crucial moments include the access to university, studies and leisure activities, the converging aspects of social and academic hierarchy and finally the application of academic expertise in different professional environments. The main focus thus lies on the medieval universitiesa (TM) contribution to the creation of a modern "society of knowledge."

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004164251
• ISBN 13: 9789004164253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 676