HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Studium Generale
17 Nov 2020
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As self-governing institutions, universities stood outside the jurisdiction of the cities that gave them a home. just as cities themselves existed outside the jurisdiction of the feudal districts in which they were located. This town-gown distinction led to frequent conflict. every university attracted students from across europe, and consequently each university was often a microcosm of whatever political tensions and conflicts engulfed europe. Arguments and general rowdiness were common and local city officials were relatively helpless to do anything about it. university students were keenly aware of their legal privileges. In frustration, people sometimes resorted to vigilante justice, which possibly explains the origin of the three most famous universities in europe. In 1200 a group of german students at the university of paris rioted in the city streets possibly over an ongoing dispute between england"s king john and germany"s otto of.
