The Work of the Universities for the Nation Past And Present the Inaugural Lect
The Work of the Universities for the Nation Past And Present the Inaugural Lect
Richard Claverhouse Jebb
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They imposed the acceptance of the royal supremacy, abolishing the lectures and degrees in the canon law. They prescribed the study of Latin and Greek, and of the Old and New Testa- ments, to the exclusion of the old scholastic text-books. These Injunctions may indeed be regarded as formally marking the fall of scholasticism. They constitute an offi- cial boundary-line between the mediaeval learning and the new. 28 THE UNIVERSITIES The years But the reform failed to bear good 1535 J 559- fruit.... During the years from 1535 to Mary's death in 1559 the Universities were at a low ebb. At first, no doubt, the level of their work seemed to be rising. But Henry had narrowly circumscribed their intellectual freedom ; they were suffering from poverty ; and they were distracted by all the fierce controversies of the time. A mischief of a new kind had also crept in. After the expulsion of the religious orders, youths of the richer classes began once more to frequent the Universities, as their parents had no longer to fear the influence of monk or friar.
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