Synopses & Reviews
Volume XIX/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
Table of Contents
Articles Appointing a Chancellor of Paris: The Case of Elias of Courson, William J. Courtenay
Ces grands privilèges: The Symbolic Use of Written Documents in the Foundation and Institutionalization Processes of Medieval Universities, Christoph Friedrich Weber
Peter Ramus, 'L'Affaire du Pré-aux-Clercs', and Social Reform, Peter Sharratt
The Portrait of a Difficult Student: Marc Cuvat and the Genevan Authorities, Karin Maag
The Beginning of Higher Education in Economics in Milan and Modena: Cesare Beccaria, Alfonso Longo, Agostino Paradisi, Wolfgang Rother
Essay Review
Medieval and Renaissance Italian Universities and the Role of Foreign Scholarship, Peter Denley
Book Reviews
Andrea Romano (ed.), Universitá in Europa. Le istituzioni universitarie dal Medio Evo ai nostri giorni: strutture, organizzazione, funzionamento, Howard Hotson
Wilhelm Schickard, Briefwechsel, ed. Friedrich Seck, Gerald Toomer
Mordechai Feingold, Joseph S. Freedman, and Wolfgang Rother, eds., The Influence of Petrus Ramus: Studies in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Philosophy and Sciences, Howard Hotson
Paul Shore, The Eagle and the Cross. Jesuits in Late Baroque Prague, Jane Finucane
Roberta Hamilton, Setting the Agenda. Jean Royce and the Shaping of Queen's University, Jane Finucane
Bibliography