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A 6 page essay that discusses common areas between university life in the Middle Ages and today. During the Middle Ages, centers of learning began to crow up in several European cities, such as Paris and Bologna, Italy (Wiesner, Ruff and Wheeler 152). Beginning in the twelfth century, student life became a feature of the towns that gave birth to nascent universities. There are an abundance of surviving primary sources from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that reveal what university life was like for the medieval students. Despite the passage of centuries, these sources reveal many common features between medieval university life and the present. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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twelfth century, student life became a feature of the towns that gave birth to nascent universities. There are an abundance of surviving primary sources from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
that reveal what university life was like for the medieval students. Despite the passage of centuries, these sources reveal many common features between medieval university life and the
present. First of all, students were attracted by the reputation of excellent teachers, such as Peter Abelard, and, therefore, congregated at the bishops cathedral school in Paris. In other
words, then, as now, students were attracted by centers of learning, and teachers, who enjoyed the best reputation. During the Middle Ages, only an official of the bishop, referred to
as a "scholasticus or chancellor," had the authority to issue a license to teach (Wiesner, Ruff and Wheeler 152). For this reason, students and teachers were drawn to the cathedral
of Notre Dame. This early evolution of the "universal society of teachers" or "university" demonstrates the element of commonality with students today, as a certificate that entitled one to teach
became the earliest form of academic degree (Wiesner, Ruff and Wheeler 152). As this suggests, even in the Middle Ages, students were primarily concerned with acquiring the necessary credentials to
pursue their chosen careers. The educational community that grew up around Notre Dame soon expanded so rapidly that it required additional housing, giving impetus to the creation of the
"Latin Quarter," named after the official academic language (Wiesner, Ruff and Wheeler 152). In other words, from the beginning of academia, institutions of higher learning have spurred the development of
segments of the marketplace that cater directly to students. In Paris, students primarily were concerned with the study of theology, but the University of Bologna had a different orientation
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