The doctorate ( Latin: doceō, I teach ) appeared in medieval Europe as a license to teach ( Latin: licentia docendi ) at a medieval university.

The medieval universities of Western Christendom were well-integrated across all of Western Europe, encouraged freedom of enquiry and produced a great variety of fine scholars and natural philosophers, including Thomas Aquinas of the University of Naples, Robert Grosseteste of the University of Oxford, an early expositor of a systematic method of scientific experimentation ; and Saint Albert the Great, a pioneer of biological field research The University of Bologne is considered the oldest continually operating university.

Galen's works on anatomy and medicine became the mainstay of the medieval physician's university curriculum, alongside Ibn Sina's The Canon of Medicine which elaborated on Galen's works.

Later, in medieval Europe, Galen's writings on anatomy became the mainstay of the medieval physician's university curriculum along ; but they suffered greatly from stasis and intellectual stagnation.

A studium generale ( a medieval university education ) was founded in 1425, although it was not until 1438 that education was started by the Franciscan order for a baccalaureus degree.

Together the Trivium and Quadrivium constituted the seven liberal arts of the medieval university curriculum.

In the medieval Western university, the seven liberal arts were divided in two parts:

By the time of the medieval university system, knowledge was divided into the trivium — philosophy, including natural philosophy — and the quadrivium — mathematics, including astronomy.

The medieval university had mainly been a school for theology.

If the old city of Utrecht offers both medieval and contemporary surroundings, the reputation of the university is a growing factor in the decision of its students to enroll.

The establishment of a medieval university in Prague was inspired by Holy Roman Emperor Charles of Luxembourg.

In medieval origin, these were the halls in which the members of the university lived together during term time.

* Henry Mansfield ( died 1328 ), English medieval theologian, philosopher, churchman, and university chancellor

He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years.

In addition, some of the greatest theologians of the High Middle Ages, Thomas Aquinas and Robert Grosseteste, were products of the medieval university.

The development of the medieval university coincided with the widespread reintroduction of Aristotle from Byzantine and Arab scholars.

In fact, the European university put Aristotelian and other natural science texts at the center of its curriculum, with the result that the " medieval university laid far greater emphasis on science than does its modern counterpart and descendent.

This 1300 manuscript is typical of the sort of book owned by medieval university students.

The city is known for its ancient university and its medieval minster, as well as for its high standard of living and advanced environmental practices.

* William de Wilton, an English medieval university chancellor

Liege Continues to be the economic and cultural capital of Wallonia with its university and, its medieval heritage, its sick but still functioning heavy industry.

As Sandburg said at the time: `` It is as ancient as the medieval European ballads brought to the Appalachian Mountains, it is as modern as skyscrapers, the Volstead Act, and the latest oil well gusher ''.

It is not a medieval mental quirk or an attitude `` unnourished by sense '' to believe that husbands and wives should not be subjected to such a risk, or that such a possibility should not be permitted to endanger the confidentiality of the marriage relationship.

But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.

To derive Utopian communism from the Jerusalem Christian community of the apostolic age or from its medieval successors-in-spirit, the monastic communities, is with an appropriate shift of adjectives, misleading in the same way as to derive it from Plato's Republic: in the Republic we have to do with an elite of physical and intellectual athletes, in the apostolic and monastic communities with an elite of spiritual and religious athletes.

most of the rest is medieval or humanist or part of an old tradition of social criticism.

Or, he might remind Fromm that the 41 per cent figure is really astonishingly low: after all, the medieval guild system was dedicated to the proposition that 100 per cent of the workers ought to turn out only the average amount ; ;

It is a very traditional form of the language, probably derived from medieval deeds and documents, and has a very complicated structure and vocabulary which is generally reserved only for such documents.

In Italian, possibly following a tradition of antiquity, the Arcipelago ( from medieval Greek * ἀρχιπέλαγος ) was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ).

Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

The ceremony of the formal admission of a Benedictine abbot in medieval times is thus prescribed by the consuetudinary of Abingdon.

* The Bürgerfest is celebrated on the first weekend of July, when the palace gardens with their ancient walls are transformed into a medieval camp.

No larger settlements, however, have been found to have existed in this remote rural area, located at least 15 km from the nearest road even in Roman times, up to the early medieval period when the place is mentioned as a king's mansion for the first time, not long before Charlemagne became ruler of the Germanic Franks.

The Grashaus, a late medieval house at the Markt, is one of the oldest non-religious buildings in downtown Aachen.

His tomb, according to a medieval Jewish tradition, is considered to be in a building not far from the Cave of the Patriarchs.

This is the reason that Alfred divided his code into precisely 120 chapters: 120 was the age at which Moses died and, in the number-symbolism of early medieval biblical exegetes, 120 stood for law.

He is mentioned in the Louis L ' Amour medieval historical novel, The Walking Drum.

This period is marked by his intense involvement with Remy de Gourmont in the publication of L ' Ymagier, a luxuriously produced " art " magazine devoted to the symbolic analysis of medieval and popular prints.

Surviving medieval art is primarily religious in focus and funded largely by the State, Roman Catholic or Orthodox church, powerful ecclesiastical individuals, or wealthy secular patrons.

Saint Thomas Aquinas's aesthetic is probably the most famous and influential theory among medieval authors, having been the subject of much scrutiny in the wake of the neo-Scholastic revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and even having received the approbation of the celebrated Modernist writer, James Joyce.

The third book is about the deeds of archbishop Adalbert and is considered a milestone in medieval biographical writing.