Expansion of the University of Bologna

Name: Expansion of the University of Bologna
Start: 1290
End: 1299

Type Event Region Italy Time 1290–1299

In the 1290s the University of Bologna, one of Europe's oldest, kept expanding with surging student numbers and leading studies in law and canon law,…

Timeline

1290–1295University district of Bologna · BolognaLaw students from across Europe gathered in Bologna to study the traditions of Roman and canon law glosses. The city's population and rental market prospered thanks to the university, and professors attracted large audiences through private lectures and gloss writings.
1295–1299Bologna · BolognaStudent guilds and the city commune negotiated continuously over rents, judicial exemptions, and public order, with the pope also intervening through charters. A series of regulations in the 1290s consolidated the university's relatively autonomous status, providing an institutional model for later European universities.

Sources

University of Bologna https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Bologna
The Universities of the Italian Renaissance — Paul F. Grendler (2002)