A History of the University in Europe : Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800 1945)

Walter Ruegg; Walter R Egg
Cambridge University Press
9780521361071
0-521-36107-9

By focusing on the freedom of scientific research, teaching and study, the medieval university structure was modernized and enabled discoveries to become a professional, bureaucratically-regulated activity.

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of the university. This opened the way for the victorious march of the natural sciences, and led to student movements--resulting in the university being ultimately cast in the role of a citadel of political struggle in a world-wide fight for freedom. Also available: Volume 1: Universities in the Middle Ages 0-521-36105-2 Hardback $140.00 C Volume 2: Universities in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800) 0-521-36106-0 Hardback $130.00 C