Doctores y la ensenansa en la universidad medieval
The first degree-granting university in Europe, and the world, was the University of Bologna, established in 1088. Withthe increasing growth and urbanization of European society during the 12th and 13th centuries, a demand grew for professional clergy. Before the 12th century, the intellectual life of Western Europehad been largely relegated to monasteries, which were mostly concerned with the performing liturgy and prayer. Learning became essential to advancing in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, and teachers alsogained prestige. However, demand quickly outstripped the capacity of cathedral schools, each of which was essentially run by one teacher. In addition, tensions rose between the students of cathedralschools and burghers in smaller towns. As a result cathedral schools migrated to large cities, like Paris and Bologna.
The first universities in Europe University of Bologna, University of Paris, andUniversity of Coimbra began as private corporations of teachers and their pupils. Soon they realized they need protection against local city authorities. They petitioned secular power for privilegesand this became a model. Emperor Frederick I in Authentica Habita gave the first privileges to students in Bologna. Another step was when Pope Alexander III in 1179 "forbidding masters of the church...
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