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This passage known throughout the Middle Ages through

two translations

Criticism of Boethius on the passage: (1) as it appears

in the version by Victorinus; (2) as it appears in his

own translation

Cousin's view of the purport of the latter criticism
The controversy concerning universals evidently familiar to
the Middle Ages long before the time of Roscellinus

Importance with which he invested the controversy

Relevancy of his doctrines to Trinitarianism

John of Salisbury.

His estimate of the logical disputations at Paris

Bernard of Chartres

Character of the Latinity of this period

William of Champeaux

Symptoms of the age

A singularly critical time

THE SENTENCES OF PETER LOMBARD

Outline of the work

Notable dialectical element in the treatment

Real value of the treatise

It encounters at first considerable opposition

Remarkable influence it subsequently exerted

Obligations of mediæval theology to his teaching.

CHAP. I. COMMENCEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY ERA.

Recapitulation of introductory chapter

Fabulous element in the early accounts of the university of

The account given by Peter of Blois

Norman influences prior and subsequent to the Conquest

The university of Paris the model both for Oxford and Cambridge

Influence of the French universities with respect to the mo-

Connexion between the schools of Charlemagne and the uni-

versity of Paris

The universities progressive, the monasteries stationary

Original meaning of the term Universitas

Savigny's view of the original formation of the older universities.

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Testimony of Grosseteste to the good effects of their activity

THE NEW ARISTOTLE

First known to Europe through Arabic sources

Previous knowledge in Europe of Aristotle's writings.

Researches of M. Amable Jourdain

Method which he employed in his investigations

Conclusions thus established

Aristotle's natural philosophy chiefly known from Arabic

Superiority of the versions from the Greek to those from

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M. Renan's account of the latter

Difficulties of the Church with respect to the new philosophy

The traditional hostility to pagan literature not aimed at

the philosophers

Hostility now excited at Rome

The scientific treatises the first there condemned

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The emperor Frederic II

Anathemas pronounced by the Church

The question which the schoolmen were called to decide
The new literature appealed to the wants of the age

A Norman and an English library of the twelfth century
Comparison of their contents

Activity of the Mendicants favorable to the new learning

The Dominicans at Paris.

Conflict between the university and the citizens in 1228

The university leaves Paris.

The opportunity seized by the Dominicans

Albertus Magnus .

These libraries compared with that of Christchurch, Canter-
bury, a century later

The Dominican interpretation of Aristotle

THOMAS AQUINAS .

Different methods of Albertus and Aquinas as commentators

The Pseudo-Dionysius

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Combination in Aquinas of Aristotelian and Christian phi-

Influence of Aquinas on modern theology

Difficulty of his position in relation to the thought of his age

Varied character of the intellectual activity of this period

Aquinas disclaims Averröes in order to save Aristotle

Failure of his method in relation to psychology

Theory of Aristotle's treatise De Anima

Extension given to this theory by the Arabian commen-

Views espoused by the Franciscans

Alexander Hales .

Averroistic sympathies of the early Franciscans

His comparative indifference to Aristotle

Temporary success of Aquinas's mode of treatment

Return of the university to Paris.

Rivalry between the seculars and the Mendicants

William St. Amour

His Perils of the Last Times

Rivalry between the Dominicans and the Franciscans.

The philosophy of Aquinas attacked by the latter

Temporary success of their attack

Death of Thomas Aquinas

His authority subsequently vindicated by the Church

His canonisation .

Subsequent dissent from his teaching

Difficulty of the position of the schoolmen of the period

Technical method of Aquinas

Translation of the Greek text of Aristotle

THE COLLEGES OF PARIS

Foundations in the twelfth century

The College of Navarre.

Other foundations of the fourteenth century

Description of the university by M. V. Le Clerc

Procession of the colleges

Largeness of the numbers

Extreme poverty of the students.

Other characteristic features

CHAP. II. RISE OF THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES.

Intimate connexion between Paris and the English univer-
sities

Obscurity of the early history of Oxford and Cambridge

Students from Paris at Oxford and Cambridge

Eminent Oxonians at Paris

Anthony Wood's account

Migrations from Cambridge and Oxford

Migration from Cambridge to Northampton

Migration from Oxford to Stamford .

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Difficulties presented by the destruction of the early univer-
sity records
Incendiary fires

Fuller's view of the matter

Opportunities thus afforded for the introduction of forgeries
Disquiet occasioned by tournaments

Religious orders at Cambridge.

The Franciscans

The Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinė Friars

The Priory at Barnwell

OUTLINE OF THE EARLY ORGANISATION OF THE ENGLISH UNI-

Dean Peacock's account of the constitution of the univer-

sity of Cambridge.

Authority of the chancellor

His powers ecclesiastical in their origin

His powers distinguished from those of the regents and

Important distinction in the powers possessed by the

Powers vested in the non-regents at a later period

Scrutators and taxors

The working body formerly the sole legislative body

The university recognised at Rome as a studium generale .

Privileges resulting from the papal recognition.

Increase of their power and decline of their popularity
Their conduct as described by Matthew Paris

His description of the rivalry between the two orders.
Conflict with the old monastic orders

The Franciscans at Bury

The Dominicans at Canterbury

Subserviency of the new orders to papal extortion

Interview between the Franciscan emissaries and Grosse-

Death of Grosseteste.

His services to his generation

Rapid degeneracy of the friars

Testimony of Roger Bacon to the general corruption of the
religious orders in his day

Testimony of Matthew Paris to his merits

His efforts on behalf of the new learning

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