Cathedrals of Learning
Great and Ancient Universities of Western Europe
Published on 5. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-08-100556-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cathedrals of Learning: Great and Ancient Universities of Western Europe provides a conspectus of the great Western European universities, pithily tells their life stories, showcases their architectural heritage, and describes the art, literary, and natural history collections they have accumulated over the centuries.
This book profiles the ancient universities and their distinctive organizational cultures, reveals their customs, ceremonies, and traditions, their quirks and quiddities, recounts their complicated histories, describes their architectural wonders (libraries, museums, anatomy theaters, botanical gardens) and treasures (rare manuscripts, antiquities, paintings, and objects d'art of all kinds), and introduces their famous alumni, distinguished scholars, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, and famously eccentric personalities.
It is a book for scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in these ancient institutions that remain centers of learning in the contemporary world.
This book profiles the ancient universities and their distinctive organizational cultures, reveals their customs, ceremonies, and traditions, their quirks and quiddities, recounts their complicated histories, describes their architectural wonders (libraries, museums, anatomy theaters, botanical gardens) and treasures (rare manuscripts, antiquities, paintings, and objects d'art of all kinds), and introduces their famous alumni, distinguished scholars, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, and famously eccentric personalities.
It is a book for scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in these ancient institutions that remain centers of learning in the contemporary world.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
OXford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-100556-9 (9780081005569)
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Person
Blaise Cronin is Rudy Professor of Information Science at Indiana University and Honorary Visiting Professor at City University, London and also Edinburgh Napier University. Previously, he was also the Professor of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde.
Content
1. Introduction: Lasting Legacies
2. University of St Andrews
3. Trinity College Dublin
4. University of Edinburgh
5. University of Oxford
6. University of Salamanca
7. Leiden University
8. University of Coimbra
9. Heidelberg University
10. University of Bologna
11. University of Padua
2. University of St Andrews
3. Trinity College Dublin
4. University of Edinburgh
5. University of Oxford
6. University of Salamanca
7. Leiden University
8. University of Coimbra
9. Heidelberg University
10. University of Bologna
11. University of Padua