University of Bologna in the 1320s

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1. 1321–1324Bologna · ItalyIn the early 1320s, the law faculty of the University of Bologna attracted many foreign students, who organized into nations by region and elected representatives to negotiate tuition and teaching arrangements with professors, further consolidating the university's model of self-governance.
2. 1324–1327Bologna · Emilia-RomagnaIn the mid-to-late 1320s, the University of Bologna developed in parallel along two tracks—civil law (the glossators of Roman law) and canon law (the Decretum and Decretals)—with a perfected guild of professors, and its degree-granting and teacher-certification systems became models emulated across Europe.
3. 1327–1330Bologna · ItalyIn the late 1320s, the University of Bologna maintained a complex balance between the Avignon papacy and the local commune; its canon and civil law jurists trained large numbers of legal professionals for ecclesiastical and secular rulers, and its reputation drew envoys from various states to recruit graduates.