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Origins
Changes in Writing and Education Across Europe
The Role of the Church
University of Paris Today
Origins
Changes in Writing and Education Across Europe
The Role of the Church
University of Paris Today
The University of Paris was one of the first universities across Europe, competing only with Oxford, Bologna, and Montpellier (Cobban, 1999, p.4). The school attracted the best and brightest not only from France but from across the continent. Students included royalty, nobility, and future Popes. The lessons taught were viewed as a necessity to upper classes and serious students (Féret, n.d.). Since in the early middle ages education was primarily handled by the clergy it was no surprise the church had such a strong tie to this university. Great scholars such as Thomas Aquinas, Alexander of Hales, and Alburtus Magnus taught at the University (Universities, n.d.). The University of Paris was the biggest scientific center in all of Europe at the end of the medieval times with nearly 20,000 students enrolled (Sorbonne, n.d.).
The schools in Paris played a fundamental role in defining what college is today, changing education, how we learn, and how we compose on the most basic level. Raising the literacy rate, opening up education for all, and allowing women in were just some of the few ways things were changed forever in the Middle Ages.
The schools in Paris played a fundamental role in defining what college is today, changing education, how we learn, and how we compose on the most basic level. Raising the literacy rate, opening up education for all, and allowing women in were just some of the few ways things were changed forever in the Middle Ages.