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University of Bologna
Founded around 1088 in Bologna, Italy by a community of citizens and scholars, the University of Bologna is widely regarded as one of Europe's oldest…
Timeline
- c. 1088Bologna · BolognaCitizens and scholars formed a Studium in Bologna centered on the glossators of Roman law, laying the institutional groundwork for the autonomous scholarly community of the European university.
- 1120–1130Bologna · BolognaIn the 1120s the Studium at Bologna grew markedly in students and teachers, the school of glossators of law influenced all of Europe, and university guild autonomy and degree customs became further consolidated.
Sources
- A History of the University in Europe, Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages — Hilde de Ridder-Symoens (1992)