Real character of his attainments
His library bequeathed to Durham College, Oxford
Character of the culture of the fourteenth century
Richard of Bury's description of the students of the time
His testimony to the degeneracy of the mendicant orders
The monasteries superseded as centres of education by the
universities
Lull in the intellectual activity of Oxford and Cambridge
Anthony Wood's criticism affords only a partial explana-
Absorbing devotion to the study of the civil law.
Inaccuracy in Blackstone's account of the study
Roger Bacon on its detrimental effects
The study increases in importance
Testimony of Robert Holcot and of Richard of Bury
Theology falls into comparative neglect
His equitable decision between his archdeacon and the