Pros: Very good description of where a lot of traditions come from as well as what the students and villages went through living together at this time. It goes into a lot about the hazing at the times, the general studies, how draconic the rules were on doing anything and the punishments inflicted.

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This was interesting to see the life and rules associated with being a collegiate back then. I wish the author spent more time on the 7 liberal arts, but it was good enough for a brief history book. I also wish he had translated all of the Latin phrases used because I don't know the language and had

A bit bare in some parts and too much Latin intermingled with the book.

A good overview, though I was disappointed that I didn't see any mention of the effect of the Black Plague on universities.

I was hoping for greater coverage of the curriculum, but this was still a good read. The first section, which focuses on the University of Bologna, is the best. Perhaps part of this is due to Bologna's structure - it was student-run, and organizationally feels very odd to anyone modern familiar with