and faculties developed in the mediaeval university, creating a system which has outlasted empires. Much of personal life of students of the middle ages is revealed by student handbooks.

For example, Sister Juliana Morell is believed to be the first woman in the Western world ever to earn a university degree.

The university swiftly became a famous spiritual ... for advanced learning spread throughout the world in the Middle Ages, resulting in the founding of Europe’s oldest institutions in the ...

To be accepted into a university, students needed a high level ... not doctors but they did sell herbs and medicines. In the Middle Ages, visiting a doctor would have been very expensive and ...

Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval ... The Congress embraces the study of all aspects of the Middle Ages, extending into late ...

Meg Leja, Binghamton University, State University of New York ... it's true that many cures from the Middle Ages sound utterly ridiculous – consider a listwritten around 800 C.E. of remedies ...