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> It invented the term "University" (from universitas magistrorum et scholarium) "Universal guild of (...)" was a pretty common preamble for a few centuries. I
by namaria 4y ago
> It invented the term "University" (from universitas magistrorum et scholarium)
"Universal guild of (...)" was a pretty common preamble for a few centuries. It stuck for student guilds - because it all started as rich kids hiring tutors as a group. Whatever they were doing in Bologna in the 13th century is as far as the modern research university as what they did in Nalanda.