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University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews is Scotland's oldest university; scholars began teaching there around 1410, Bishop Henry Wardlaw granted a corporate cha…
Timeline
- c. 1410–1411St Andrews · St AndrewsScholars including Laurence of Lindores formed a teaching community at St Andrews; Bishop Henry Wardlaw issued a corporate charter in 1411 recognizing masters and students as a protected scholarly community, but at that time there was still no universal license to confer degrees.
- 1413Peñíscola · PeñíscolaBenedict XIII issued six bulls confirming Wardlaw's charter and granting St Andrews university status and the right to confer degrees in theology, law, medicine, and arts, giving Scotland its first native studium generale.
- 1414St Andrews · St AndrewsThe six bulls arrived at St Andrews, and the town celebrated with ringing bells and bonfires; Wardlaw became the first chancellor, and the university was formally opened in law and ceremony, with one of the lead-sealed original bulls still held by the university museum.
- 1430–1450St Andrews · St AndrewsIn 1430 Wardlaw assigned the St John's Paedagogium as a teaching site, ending the early scattered lectures; in 1450 Bishop James Kennedy founded and endowed St Salvator's College, giving the university a stable collegiate core.
Sources
- A brief history of the University https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/history/brief/
- University of St. Andrews https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Saint-Andrews
- History of the University of St Andrews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_St_Andrews