Byzantine university
Byzantine university refers to higher education during the Byzantine Empire.
Definition
Although some Byzantine institutions are occasionally referred to as "
History
In the early period
After Constantinople's founding in 330, teachers were drawn to the new city and various steps were taken for official state support and supervision, but nothing lastingly formal in the way of state-funded education emerged. But in 425
In the 7th and 8th centuries Byzantine life went through a difficult period. Continued Arab pressure from the south and the
With improving stability in the 9th century came measures to improve the quality of higher education. In 863 chairs of grammar, rhetoric, and philosophy (which included mathematics, astronomy, and music) were founded and given a permanent location in the imperial palace. These chairs continued to receive official state support for the next century and a half, after which the Church assumed the leading role in providing higher education. During the 12th century the Patriarchal School was the leading center of education which included men of letters such as Theodore Prodromos and Eustathius of Thessalonica.
The
See also
References
Primary sources
- IMPERATORIS THEODOSII CODEX (in Latin). Constantinopolis.
Secondary sources
- Browning, Robert: "Universities, Byzantine", in: Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Vol. 12, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1989, pp. 300–302
- Browning, Robert (1962), "The patriarchal school at Constantinople in the twelfth century", Byzantion, 32: 167–202
- Wilson, N. G. (1983), Scholars of Byzantium, London: Duckworth, ISBN 0-7156-1705-2
Footnotes
- ^ institutions of higher education comparable to the universities of the later Middle Ages in Western Europe. But higher education, both general and professional, was provided by private teachers, by members of professional groups, and by officially appointed teachers paid by the state.
- ^ ISBN 2-204-05866-1, p. 1553:
Le nom "université" désigne au Moyen Âge occidental une organisation corporative des élèves et des maîtres, avec ses fonctions et privilèges, qui cultive un ensemble d'études supérieures. L'existence d'une telle institution est fort contestée pour Byzance.
- ISBN 978-0-7556-4296-0. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Browning, Robert: "Universities, Byzantine", in: Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Vol. 12, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1989, pp. 300–302 (300)
- ISBN 978-0-19-925246-6
- ^ Cod. Theod., XIV, 9, 3
- ISBN 0-7546-3453-1.
- ISBN 0-300-07852-8.