to distinguish the use and abuse of astronomy, 159 Islip, Simon, archbp. of Canterbury,
plan of, resembling that of Hugh Balsham, 265; attempts to com- bine seculars and regulars at Can- terbury Hall, 266; expels the monks, ib.
Italy, universities of, formed on the model of Bologna, 74; pro- gress of learning in, in the latter part of the 15th century, 428; general depravity of, in the 16th century, 431; praise bestowed by Erasmus on, 474; character of her scholarship in the early part of 16th century, 475 and n. 3
James, Tho. (Bodleian librarian), his extravagant estimate of the fourteenth century, 205, n. 2 Jerome, St., originator of monasticism
in the Latin Church, 3; Vulgate of, much used in the Middle Ages, 22; preferred by Erasmus to Augustine, 501; denounced by Luther as a heretic, 598 and n. 3
Jesus College, foundation of, 320; succeeds to the dissolved nunnery of St. Rhadegund, 321; the site originally not included in Cam- bridge, ib. n. 3; statutes of, given by Stanley, bp. of Ely, 321; sub- sequently considerably altered by bp. West, ib.; oath required of master of, 454; oath required of fellows of, 455; election of Cran- mer to a fellowship at, when a widower, 612, n. 3
Jews, the, instrumental in intro- ducing the Arabian commentators into Christian Europe, 91 Johannes à Lapide, maintains the realistic cause at Basel, 417 John of Salisbury, see Salisbury John Scotus Erigena, see Erigena John the Deaf, pupil of Drogo, 70; instructor of Roscellinus, ib. John XXII, pope, recognises Cam- bridge as a studium generale, 145 Jonson, Ben, his allusion to William Shyreswood, the logician, quoted, 177
Jordanus, general of the Dominican
order at Paris, 107
Jourdain, M. Amable, his essay on the Latin translations of Aristotle, 93; method employed by him in
his investigations, ib.; conclusions arrived at by, 94 Jourdain, M. Charles, testimony of, to the completeness of his father's researches in reference to the Latin translations of Aristotle, 93, n. 1 Joye, George, fell. of Peterhouse, accused of studying Origen, 598, n. 4; his flight to Strassburg, 605; character of, 606
Julianus, Andreas, pronounces the funeral oration of Chrysoloras, 396
Julius II, pope, dissolves the Hos- pital of St. John, 467 Justinian, code of, survives the dis- ruption of the Empire, 36 Juvenal, lectures on, by Gerbert at Rheims, 44; four copies of, in library of Christchurch, Canter- bury, 104
Kemble, Mr., on the Benedictines in England, 81
Kilkenny, William of, a benefactor of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist, 223; founder of the earliest university exhibition, ib. Kilwardby, archbp. of Canterbury, condemnation of doctrines of Aver- röes under, 121; a student at the university of Paris, 134
King's College, scholars of, forbidden to favour the doctrines of Wyclif or Pecock, 296, n. 4; foundation of, by Henry vi, 305; endowments of, largely taken from the alien prio- ries, ib.; statutes of, 306; com- missioners appointed to prepare the statutes of, ib.; their resigna- tion, ib.; William Millington first provost of, ib.; his ejection, ib.; statutes of, borrowed from those of New College, 307; their character, ib.; attributed to Chedworth by some, by Mr. Williams to Wain- fleet, ib. n. 1; provisions of the statutes of, 308; verbosity of the statutes of, ib. n. 1; students at, must have already gained a know- ledge of grammar, ib. n. 2; special privileges and exemptions granted to, 309; bequest to, by cardinal Beaufort, 310; struggle between the scholars of, and the university, ib.; final victory of the college in 1457, ib.; effects of these privileges on the character of the foundation, 311; its discipline more monastic
than that of any other Cambridge college, ib. n. 2; wealth of the foundation, 312 and n. 1; Wood- lark, provost of, 317; precedent contained in statutes of, for oath against dispensations, 456 King's College chapel, erection of, 451, n. 1
King's Hall, foundation of, 252; early statutes of, given by Richard II, 253; limitation as to age in, ib.; other provisions in, 254; the foundation probably designed for sons of the wealthier classes, ib.; liberal allowance for commons at, ib.; not visited by commission of archbp. Arundel, 258, n. 1; irregu- larities at, in 14th century, 288
Lactantius, resemblance of the Li- bellus de Antichristo to his Insti- tutions, 16, n. 1
Lambert, John, fell. of Queens', one of Bilney's converts, 563 Lancaster, duke of, alderman' of the gild of Corpus Christi at Cam- bridge, 249
Lanfranc, archbp. of Canterbury, hostile to pagan learning, 18; his opposition to Berengar, 47; his views contrasted with those of Berengar, 48; his Latinity supe rior to that of a subsequent age, 57; founds secular canons at St. Gregory's, 163, n. 1
Langham, Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, expels the seculars from Canterbury Hall, 266 Langton, John, chancellor of the university, resigns his appoint- ment as commissioner at King's College, 306; his motives in so doing, 309
Langton, Stephen, a student at the university of Paris, 134 Languedoc, its common law founded upon the civil law, 38, n. 1 Laon, Collége de, a foundation of the 14th century in Paris, 128 Lascaris, Constantine, his success as a teacher at Messana, 430; his Greek Grammar, 431
Latin, importance of a knowledge of,
at the medieval universities, 139; style of writers before the thir- teenth century compared with that of those of a later date, 171, n. 1; its colloquial use among students imperative, 371; authors on which
the classical lecturer of C. C. C., Oxford, was required by bp. Fox to lecture, 521, n. 2 Latimer, Hugh, fell. of Clare, cha- racter given by, to Bilney, 362; his early career and character, 581; he attacks Melanchthon, ib.; his position in the university, ib.; is converted by Bilney, ib.; his intimacy with Bilney, 582; effects of his example, ib.; his sermon before West, 583; evades West's request that he will preach against Luther, ib.; is inhibited by him from preaching, 584; preaches in the church of the Augustinian friars, ib.; is summoned before Wolsey in London, ib.; is licensed by the cardinal to preach, ib.; ne- gotiates respecting the appoint- ment to the high stewardship, ib. n. 3; Sermons on the Card by, 609; controversy of, with Buckenham, 610; favored the king's cause' in the question of the divorce, 611 Latimer, Wm., declines the office of
Greek preceptor to bp. Fisher, 519 Launoy, in error with respect to the particular writings of Aristotle first condemned at Paris, 97, n. 1 Lavater, criticism of, on the portraits of Erasmus, 490
Laymen, not recognisable as an ele- ment in the original universities, 166, n. 1
Lechler, Dr., his comparison of Oc- cam with Bradwardine, 205, n. 1; on Wyclif's original sentiments to- wards the Mendicants, 269, n. 1 Le Clerc, M. Victor, his favorable view of the knowledge of Latin literature in the Middle Ages, 21, n. 1; statement by, respecting the prevalence of the civil law, 38, n. 1; on the continuance of the mo- nastic and episcopal schools sub- sequent to the university era, 70, n. 2; on the secular associations of the university of Paris, 79, 80; his account of the early colleges at Paris, 129-31; his argument in reply to Petrarch quoted, 214, n. 1 Lectures, designed to prepare the student for disputations, 361;
ordered to be given in Christ's College in long vacation, 460 Lecturing, ordinarie, cursorie, and extraordinarie, explained, 358 and Append. (E); two principal modes of, 359
Lee, archbp., alarm of, on the ap- pearance of Tyndale's New Testa- ment, 599
Legere, meaning of the term, 74 Leipsic, university of, division into
⚫ nations' at,79, n. 2; foundation of, 282, n. 2; adopts the curriculum of study at Prague, ib.; less distracted by the nominalistic controversies, 416; fame of R. Croke at, 527 Leland, John, on the intercourse be- tween Paris and Oxford, 134 Leo x, proclamation of indulgences by, in 1516, 556
Léon Maitre, on the decline of the episcopal and monastic schools, 68, n. 1; his theory denied, 69 Lever, Tho., master of St John's, his sermon at Paul's Cross quoted, 368, n. 2; quoted in illustration of col- lege life, 370
Lewes, Mr. G. H., his supposition respecting the use of Lucretius in the Middle Ages, 21, n. 1; his criti- cism of Isidorus, 31; criticism of his application of Cousin's dictum respecting the origin of the scho- lastic philosophy, 50; his miscon- ception of the origin of the dispute respecting Universals, 54 and n. 2; notice of Roger Bacon's opinions by, 114, n. 2
Libraries, destruction of those found-
ed by Theodore, Hadrian, and Benedict by the Danes, 81; college, their contents in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, 325, 370; see University Library Library presented to Trinity Hall by bishop Bateman, 243 Lily, Wm., regarded by Polydore Virgil as the true restorer of Greek learning in England, 480 Linacre lectureships, foundation of, 603; misapplication of estates of, ib. n. 2; present regulations con- cerning, ib.
Linacre, Wm., pupil of Selling at Christchurch, Canterbury, 478; and of Vitelli at Oxford, ib.; accompanies Selling to Italy, ib.; becomes a pupil of Politian at Florence, ib.; makes the acquaintance of Hermo- laus Barbarus at Rome, 479; pro- bable results of this intimacy, ib.; his return to Oxford, ib.; his claims to be regarded as the re- storer of Greek learning in Eng- land, 480; obligations of Erasmus to, ib.; a staunch Aristotelian, 481;
preferred Quintilian's style to that of Cicero, 529, n. 1; death of, 602 Lisieux, Collége de, foundation of,
'Little Logicals,' the, much studied at Cambridge before the time of Erasmus, 515; see Parva Logi- calia
LL.D., origin of the title, 39 Logic, conclusions of, regarded by Lanfranc as to be subordinated to authority, 47; pernicious effects of too exclusive attention to, 48; proficiency in, required of candi- dates for fellowships at Peterhouse, 231; works on, less common than might be expected in the medieval Cambridge libraries, 326; increased attention given to, with the intro- duction of the Nova Ars, 343; and with that of the Summulæ, ib.; baneful effects of excessive atten- tion formerly given to, 365; trea- tise on, by Rudolphus Agricola, 410, 412; extravagant demands of the defenders of the old, 516 Lollardism at Cambridge, 259; ex- travagances of the later professors of, 273; not the commencement of the Reformation, 274; brings popu- lar preaching under suspicion, 438 Lombard, Peter, the compiler of the Sentences, 59; archbp. of Paris, ib.; accused of plagiarism from Abelard, ib. n. 2; thought to have copied Pullen, ib.; honour paid to his memory, 63; a pupil of Abe- lard, 77, n. 1
Lorraine, foundation of secular col- leges in, 160
Louis of Bavaria, shelters Occam on his flight from Avignon, 195 Louis, St., his admiration of the Mendicant orders, 89
Louvain, university of, foundation of, 282, n. 2; site of, chosen by the duke of Brabant on account of its natural advantages, 339, n. 3; praised by Erasmus, 476; character of its theology, ib.; foundation of the collegium tri- lingue at, 565; conduct of the con- servative party at, 566 and n. 1 Lovell, sir Tho., executor to the countess of Richmond, 464; his character by Cavendish, 465 Luard, Mr., on the forgeries that im- posed upon Grosseteste, 110 Lucan, lectures on, by Gerbert, at Rheims, 44
Lupus, bishop of Ferrières, his la- ment over the low state of learn- ing in his age, 20; his literary activity, ib.
Luther, Martin, his observation on Erasmus, 488; early treatises of, 569; advises the rejection of the Sentences, ib. n. 1; and also of the moral and natural treatises of Aristotle, ib.; rapid spread of his doctrines in England, 570; his writings submitted to the decision of the Sorbonne, ib.; condemned by them to be burnt, ib. n. 1; Wolsey considers himself not au- thorised to burn them, ib.; burns the papal bull at Wittenberg, ib.; his writings submitted to the Lon- don Conference, 571; condemned by the Conference, ib.; burnt at Paul's Cross, ib.; and at Oxford and Cambridge, ib.; absorbing at- tention given to his writings throughout Europe, 585; his doc- trines frighten the moderate party into conservatism, 589; his con- troversy with Erasmus, ib. Lydgate, John, verses of, on Founda-
tion of the university of Cam- bridge, Append. (A)
Lyons, council of, decrees that only
the four chief orders of Mendi- cants shall continue to exist, 228 Lyttelton, lord, causes to which the aggrandisement of the monasteries in England is attributed by, 87
Macaulay, lord, on Norman in- fluences in England prior to the Conquest, 67
Macrobius, correction of copy of, by
a correspondent of Lupus of Ferri- ères, 20; numerous copies of, in libraries of Bec and Christchurch, Canterbury, 104
Magister Glomeria, duties perform- ed by the, 140; nature of his functions, 340
Maimonides, Moses, his Dux Per- plexorum much used by Aquinas,
Maitland, Dr., his defence of the mediæval theory with respect to the pursuit of secular learning, 18 Maitre, Léon, on the revival at the commencement of the eleventh century, 46, n. 1
Major, John, a resident at the Col-
lège de Montaigu, 368; alleged reason of his choice of Christ's College, 445
Malden, prof., on the various appli- cations of the term Universitas, 71; on the sanction of the pope as necessary to the catholicity of a university degree, 78
Malmesbury, William of, his com- ment on the state of learning in England after the death of Bede, 81 Manlius, see Boethius
Mansel, dean, his dictum respecting nominalism and scholasticism, 197 Manuscripts, ancient, preservation of, largely due to Charlemagne, 15 Map, Walter, a satirist of the Cis- tercians, 86, n. 1
Margaret, the lady, countess of Rich-
mond, her lineage described by Baker, 434; appoints Fisher her confessor, 435; her character, ib.; founds a professorship of divinity at both universities, ib.; founds a preachership at Cambridge, 440; her design in connexion with West- minster Abbey, 444; founds Christ's College, 446; visits the university in 1505, 448; visits it a second time in 1506, ib. ; anecdote told by Fuller respecting, ib. n. 2; pro- poses to found St. John's College, 462; obtains consent of king Henry to the revocation of her grants to Westminster Abbey, ib.; her death, 463; her statue in Westminster Abbey, ib.; her epitaph by Eras- mus, ib.; funeral sermon for, by Fisher, ib.; her character, 464; her executors, ib. Margaret, lady, preachership, found- ed, 440; regulations of, ib. Margaret, lady, professorship, found- ed, 435; original endowment of, 436; regulations of, ib.
Marisco, Adam de, a teacher of Wal- ter de Merton, 163; nominated by Hen. I to the bishopric of Ely, 223; his death, 224; compared with Hugh Balsham, ib.; warmly praised by Roger Bacon, ib. n. 2 Marsh, bp., misconception of, with reference to Tyndale's New Testa- ment, 569 and n. 3 Martianus, Capella, his treatise De Nuptiis, 23; course of study de- scribed therein, 24; his errors in geography, 26; compared with Boethius, 27; copies of, at Christ- church, Canterbury, 100
Martin v, pope, issues the bull in the Barnwell Process, 288 Mass, the, fellows required to qualify themselves for celebration of, 243 Master of a college, limited restric- tions originally imposed on the authority of, 372; the office often combined with other preferments, ib.; restrictions imposed on his authority at Christ's College, 454; oath required of, at Jesus College, ib. Mathematics, importance attached to the study of, by Roger Bacon, 158; studies in, in 14th and 15th cen- turies, 351
Maurice, prof., his view of the in- fluence of the schools of Charle- magne, 40, n. 1; criticism of the philosophy of John Scotus Eri- gena by, 41; twelfth century cha- racterised by, 58; his criticism of the Sentences quoted, 61; on the contrast between the Dominicans and Franciscans, 89, n. 1 Mayence, archbp. of, a patron of Richard Croke, 532
Mayronius, a scholastic text-book in
the English universities, 186 M.D., former requirements for the degree of, 365
Medicine, a flourishing study in Mer-
ton College in the fifteenth cen- tury, 168; see Linacre Lectures Melanchthon, Philip, oration of, at Wittenberg, 537; arguments of, in favour of the study of arithmetic, 592; study of his works enjoined at Cambridge, 630 Molton, Wm. de, master of Michael- house, 422
Mendicant orders, institution of the, 88-91; spirit of the, compared with that of the Benedictines, 89; contrasted by prof. Maurice, 81, n. 1; rapid extension of, 90; their conduct at Paris, 106, 119; rapid decline of their popularity, 146; their conduct as described by Mat- thew Paris, 147; their contempt for the monastic orders, 149; their rapid degeneracy, 151; their pro- selytism among young students, 221; their policy at the universi- ties, 262; their defeat at Oxford, ib.; statute against them at Cam- bridge, 263; their appeal to par- liament, ib.; the statute rescinded, ib.; exclusive privileges gained by, 264; nature of exemptions from
university statutes claimed by, ib. n. 1; advantages possessed by, over the university in respect of accommodation for lectures, 300; immunities claimed by, perhaps formed a precedent for those claimed by King's College, 310 Mercator, forgery of Decretals by, 34 Merlin, his prophecy respecting Ox- ford and Stamford, 135
Merton College, foundation of, 160; distinguished from monastic found- ations, 166; character of the edu- cation at, 167; designed to sup- port only those actually engaged in study, 168; its statutes the mo- del for other colleges, ib.; emi- nence of its students, 169
Merton, Walter de, revives earl Ha- rold's conception of secular col- leges, 163; his character, ib.; na- ture of his design, 164 Metcalfe, Nich., prosperity of St. John's College under rule of, 623 Michaelhouse, foundation of, 234; early statutes of, the earliest col- lege statutes in the university, ib.; printed in Appendix (D), ib. n. 2; qualifications required in candi- dates for fellowships at, 234; pro- minence given to religious services at, 235; John Fisher entered at, 422; prosperity of, in the 15th cen- tury, 424
Michaud, on the influence of the Crusades, 88, n. 1
Migrations, from Cambridge and Ox- ford, 134; from universities, op- posed on principle, 334 Millennium, anticipations excited by close of the, 45
Millington, Wm., first provost of King's, 295; bis character, ib, and n. 3; opposed to Reginald Pecock, ib.; refuses his assent to the new sta- tutes and is expelled, 306; his reasons for dissatisfaction, accord- ing to Cole, ib. n. 2; appointed by king Henry to draw up statutes of Queens' College, ib.; unable to as- sent to the proposed independence of the university claimed by King's College, 306, 309
Milman, dean, criticism of the False Decretals by, 34; on the influence of the Pseudo-Dionysius, 42; on the inevitable tendency of philoso- phic speculation to revert to in- quiries concerning the Supreme
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