Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Setting the Stage: Medieval Life      I. MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITIES: AN OVERVIEW      II. THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA      III. LEGAL SCHOLARS AT BOLOGNA      IV. THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS      V. THREE SCHOLARS AND A HERETIC (OR A SAINT)      VI. THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD      VII. LUMINARIES AT OXFORD      VIII. TEN OTHER UNIVERSITIES      IX. MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITIES AND HUMANISM      X. THE IMPACTS OF THE UNIVERSITIES ON MEDIEVAL LIFE      Appendix 1. A University Student’s Possessions      Appendix 2. Three Excerpts from Peter Abelard’s Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes)      Appendix 3. John of Garland on “How Students Should Behave”      Appendix 4. The Pecia System      Appendix 5. Two Letters of 21 November 1430 from the University of Paris      Appendix 6. Medieval Requirements for Becoming a Physician      Chronology      Glossary      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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