Emergence of European Universities
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Education
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Italy, Paris
- Date: 1100-1300
Article abstract: The emergence of European universities provides a systematic organization for the transmission of learning and makes possible the exponential growth and transmission of knowledge across Western civilization.
Summary of Event
The rise of the universities from the abbey and cathedral schools is one of the great achievements of the Middle Ages, making possible the steady increase in education of large numbers of people and the explosion of knowledge upon which the modern world is based. The history of their rise is a complex subject...
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