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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778870503321

Autore

Courtenay William J.

Titolo

Parisian scholars in the early fourteenth century : a social portrait / / William J. Courtenay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11636-8

0-511-00755-8

1-280-15370-9

0-511-11735-3

0-511-14936-0

0-511-32444-8

0-511-49628-1

0-511-05169-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; ; 4th ser., 41

Disciplina

378.44/361

Soggetti

Education, Medieval - France - Paris

Education, Higher - Social aspects - France - Paris - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-261) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Paris in 1329 -- 1. The Computus of 1329-1330 -- Dating the computus -- Relationship of computus to university population -- 2. Collectae and University Finance -- 3. Precipitating Event: The Rape of Symonette -- 4. Academic Space: The Topography of the University Community -- The parish of St-Benoit -- From Cordeliers to the Seine: the parishes of St-Cosme and St-Andre -- The parish of St-Severin -- The parish of St-Hilaire -- 5. Lodging and Residential Patterns -- Cui bono? Taxationes domorum and rent control -- The socii -- Tutors, family, and familia -- Residential choice -- 6. The Sociology of the University Community -- Rich and poor -- Student dignitaries -- The king's men: university clerks and royal service -- 7. The Geographical Origins of the University Community -- The thirteenth-century pattern -- The witness of the 1329-30 computus -- App. 1. The computus of 1329-30 -- App. 2. Analysis of the computus text.



Sommario/riassunto

This study of the social, geographical and disciplinary composition of the scholarly community at the University of Paris in the early fourteenth century is based on the reconstruction of a remarkable document: the financial record of tax levied on university members in the academic year 1329-1330. Containing the names, financial level and often addresses of the majority of the masters and most prominent students, it is the single richest source for the social history of a medieval university before the late fourteenth century. After a thorough examination of the financial account, the history of such collections, and the case (a rape by a student) that precipitated legal expenses and the need for a collection, the book explores residential patterns, the relationship of students, masters and tutors, social class and levels of wealth, interaction with the royal court and the geographical background of university scholars.