The Papacy and the Rise of the Universities , (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 54) - Hardcover

Gaines Post ()

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004347267 ISBN 13: 9789004347267

Publisher: BRILL, 2017

Synopsis

This previously unpublished 1931 dissertation by Gaines Post covers the interaction of the papacy with multiple universities from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and makes his research and observations available on a range of topics, such as papal intervention and influence in the areas of licensing to teach, scholarly privileges, financial support, and dispensations for study.

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About the Author

Gaines Post, Ph.D, 1931, Harvard, under the supervision of Charles Homer Haskins, was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wisconsin (1935-1960) and then at Princeton University (1960-1970). He was a major historian on medieval universities and representative institutions. He was a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and corresponding fellow of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. In 1966 he was awarded the Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy for his Studies in Medieval Legal Thought, Public Law and the State, 1100-1322 (Princeton, 1964).

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9004347267
• ISBN 13: 9789004347267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Author