The papacy and the rise of the universities / / by Gaines Post ; edited with preface by William J. Courtenay.

• Superior document: Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Volume 54
• VerfasserIn: Post, Gaines, 1902-1987,
• TeilnehmendeR: Courtenay, William J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [The Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : BRILL,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; Volume 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; The Twelfth Century—Alexander III and the Licentia docendi /; The License-System of the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century /; The License-System in Universities of Ecclesiastical Origin Influenced by Paris /; The License-System in Universities of Secular Origin /; The License-System, Conclusion: the Licentia ubique docendi /; Jurisdiction /; The Papacy and the Internal Development of the Universities /; The Papacy and the Masters /; The Papacy and the Students /; Conclusion: The Papacy and the Founding of the Universities /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISSN: 0926-6070
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Gaines Post ; edited with preface by William J. Courtenay.

One of the leading historians of medieval universities in the last generation, Gaines Post published less than a quarter of his 1931 dissertation on the role of the papacy in the rise of universities. The entire work merits publication, both because of the remaining content and because it reveals more on how Gaines Post, a product of Charles Homer Haskins' seminar at Harvard in the late 1920s, approached his subject. The volume covers the interaction of the papacy with multiple universities from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and opens up a much broader range of topics, considering papal intervention and influence in the areas of licensing to teach, financial support for masters and students, dispensations for study, regulation of housing rents, and the founding of colleges.