Synopses & Reviews
Volume XXVII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
About the Author
Mordechai Feingold is a Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology
. Table of Contents
Articles Machiavelli at University, and the Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio, Robert Black
Kepler's Disputation on Copernicus' Opinions, N.M. Swerdlow
The Establishment of a First-Class University Library': The Beginnings of the University of London Library, K.E. Attar
The Domestic Laws of Oxford and Cambridge: External Interference and Internal Interpretation, G.R. Evans
Review Essays
Joseph Scaliger's Letters: Collaborator, Teacher, Impresario, Kristine L. Haugen
Late, but not too Late. Eugenio Garin's History of Italian Philosophy, Massimo Ferrari
Reviews
Spencer E. Young (ed.), Crossing Boundaries at Medieval Universities, B. B. Price
Karine Crousaz, L'Academie de Lausanne entre humanisme et Reforme (ca. 1537-1560), Anja-Silvia Goeing
W. Bruce Leslie, Andrew Jewett, Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War, W. Bruce Leslie
Bibliography