A History of the University in Europe

Thisisthesecondvolumeofafour-parthistoryoftheuniversityinEurope,writtenbyaninternationalteamofauthors,whichcoversthedevelopmentoftheuniversityinEurope(eastandwest)fromitsoriginsupuntilmorerecentyears.Itfocusesnotonlyonthehistoryofindividualinstitutions,norontheuniversitiesinanyindividualcountry,butonanumberofmajorthemesviewedfromaEuropeanperspective.Thechieforiginalityofthisworkliesinitscomparative,interdisciplinary,collaborativeandtransnationalnature.VolumeIIlooksattheuniversityinEarlyModernEurope,andattemptstosituatetheuniversitiesintheirsocialandpoliticalcontextthroughoutthethreecenturiesspanningtheperiod1500to1800.