Universities+in+the+Middle+Ages

​ = = =1. Questions (I wonder...?) =
 * 1) What was the most popular University in the Middle Ages?
 * 2) What was the most academically successful University in the Middle Ages?
 * 3) Was it possible for a peasant/serf to get into a University?
 * 4) What job oppurtunities were most commonly offered after completing time at a University?
 * 5) Did monarchs (the most powerful people in the Middle Ages) even go to Universities before actually becoming the monarch?

= = =2. Inferences (I think that...because....) = 4. I think that a high ranking or paying job would be offered to you after graduating from a University. 5. I predict that monarchs never had to go to a University, that their blood relations just made them a monarch. = = = 3. Resources =
 * 1) I would think that the University in Paris would be the most popular University in the Middle Ages.
 * 2)  I predict that the University in Paris would // also // be the most academically successful University in the Middle Ages.
 * 3) I would assume that you couldn't go to a University if you were a peasant, only if you became a noble somehow.


 * 1) [|http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/medieval2.html]
 * 2) []
 * 3) [|http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/medieval_curriculum.html]
 * 4) []
 * 5) [|http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures/25meduni.html]

**Summary** While researching Universities in the Middle Ages, I learned where higher education first emerged in the early parts of the middle ages, what different universities there were since the Pre- Thirteenth century to the Sixteenth century, and who one of the key figures were in the rise of medieval universities. First of all, I learned that universities emerged in eastern Europe during the early middle ages. This happened in places like Constantinople (2 C.E), Alexandria, Antioch, and Athens. Next, I learned what universities there were from the Pre- Thirteenth Century until the Sixteenth Century. They were universities like, the University of Paris, which was established as a university in 1150, the University of Oxford which was established as a university in 1167, University of Pisa, recognized as a university in 1343, and the University of Cambridge, that was recognized as a university in 1209. Finally, I learned that one of the key figures in the rise of medieval universites was Pope Gregory VII. In 1079 he issued a papal decree mandating the creation of cathedral schools, for educafting members of the clergy. This decree led to the creation of numorous educational centers, which over time evolved into many universities. All in all, there was a lot to learn about universities in medieval times, and clearly there was a lot more going on there than we today realize. = = = = 5. References =

Unknown. "Medieval Universities." __The Educational Legacy of Medieval and Renaissance Traditions.__ Unknown. Unknown. Accessed November 4, 2009. [|http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/medieval2.html]

<span style="color: #c314e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Unknown. "List of Medieval Universities." __Wikipedia.__ October 29, 2009. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Accessed November 4, 2009. []

<span style="color: #c314e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Rempel, Gerhard. "Medieval Universities." /__~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures__. Unknown. Unknown. Accessed November 4, 2009. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures/25meduni.html]

<span style="color: #c314e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Medieval Professors and Students



<span style="color: #c314e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving. The Sorbonne today, from the same point of view.

<span style="color: #c314e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">University of Orleans, Great Hall.