from the Original Sources of European History,
Vol. II, No. 3.) The student should not fail to procure
this little pamphlet, which is a necessary supplement to
several of the readings in the present collection. It contains
useful explanatory notes as well as important documents.
Price, ten cents. Longmans, Green & Co., New
York City.
ROBINSON, J.H. _Readings in European History_. Vol. I, chap.
xix, and especially pp. 446-461. Readings on Abelard,
Aristotle in the Universities, Roger Bacon.
HENDERSON, E.F. _Select Historical Documents of the Middle
Ages_, pp. 262-266. Charter of the University of Heidelberg,
1386.
=2. General References on the History of Mediaeval Universities.=
RASHDALL, HASTINGS. _The Universities of Europe in the Middle
Ages_. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1895. 1273 pages,
2 vols. in three parts. Much the best work on the subject;
based on the sources. Indispensable for reference.
MULLINGER, J.B. _Encyclopedia Britannica_, Art. _Universities._
"The first tolerably correct (though very brief) account
which has appeared in English." Includes university
history to 1882.
_Encyclopedia Britannica_ and other encyclopedias. The student
who may not have access to works mentioned in this
list is reminded that brief accounts of the men and the
subjects here considered are often to be found in good
encyclopedias.
=3. Bibliographies.=
The best single collection of references to the extensive literature of
the subject is in Rashdall's work, though this does not include books
and articles published since 1895. Compayré (see below) includes a brief
list. References to sources and secondary works on the Seven Liberal
Arts are published by Abelson; references relating to university
text-books of Greek origin by Loomis (see below).
=4. Text-books.=
COMPAYRÉ, G. _Abelard and the Origin and Early History of
Universities._ New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892.
Still the best single text-book for class use. Contains
numerous errors, which should be corrected by comparison
with Rashdall.
WOODWARD, W.H., _editor_. _Mediaeval Schools and Universities._
Cambridge Contributions to Modern History, I. New
York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. This work, which is still
in preparation, will probably supersede Compayré.
5. References to Special Topics.
All of the topics treated in this collection of readings are discussed
by Rashdall and Compayré. Page references may be found by use of the
indexes appended to their books.
=Introduction=. On the historical point of view see J.H. ROBINSON,
_Readings in European History_, Vol. I, Chap. I;
on the place and use of documents, and other questions
relating to the study of history, LANGLOIS and SEIGNOBOS,
_Introduction to the Study of History_.
=Abelard=. MCCABE, JOSEPH. _Abelard_. A scholarly study, in
brilliant style. Chaps. I-IV deal with Abelard as a
teacher. The best biography in English.
=John of Salisbury=. POOLE, R.L. _Illustrations of the History
of Mediaeval Thought_, passim. National Dictionary of
Biography, Art. _John of Salisbury_.
=University Studies=. ABELSON, PAUL. _The Seven Liberal
Arts_. The best study in English. Contains much information
regarding university text-books in these subjects.
LOOMIS, LOUISE R. _Mediaeval Hellenism_. Valuable information
concerning the history and the translations of
the works of Aristotle, Galen, Hippocrates, and other
Greek writers. ZELLER, E. _Aristotle and the Earlier
Peripatetics_. The standard treatise on the works of
Aristotle, and their history.
The student is earnestly advised to spend a few hours in examining such
copies of the mediaeval text-books as he may find in his college
library. The time thus spent will do far more to clarify his ideas as to
their character and extent than much talk about them. Old editions,
often with the commentaries, may be available; some libraries possess
MS. copies. Translations of the more important works of Aristotle may be
found by reference to the library catalogue; among these may be
mentioned _the Rhetoric_, by J.E.C. Welldon; the _Politics_, by B.
Jowett; the _Ethics_ (Nicomachean), by F.H. Peters; the _Poetics_, by
S.H. Butcher. Of the _Corpus Juris Civilis_, the _Institutes_ have been
translated by T.C. Sandars; the first part of the _Digest_ by C.H.
Monro. The _Corpus Juris Canonici_ as it was known in the middle ages
has not been translated. This is true also of most books on the Seven
Liberal Arts. Some works of Galen and Hippocrates have been done into
English; but these translations are old, and probably inaccurate.
=Academic Letters=. HASKINS, C.H. _The Life of Mediaeval
Students as Illustrated by their Letters_. American Historical
Review, 1897-1898. A brief but important study,
from the sources; refers to several of the letters here
printed.