The rise of universities

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• pg · Apr 14, 2011 · Recommends

  …vocational in outlook, lower-class youths grimly intent on ecclesiastical preferment as the means to advancement." If anyone wants to learn more about the origins of universities, I'd recommend Haskins's Rise of the Universities.

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• wannabebarista · Dec 12, 2023 · Recommends

  …pseudoscience/pseudohistory, and science fiction. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902). My favorite Sherlock Holmes tale yet. Really embraces the themes of gothic literature. "The Rise of Universities" by Charles Homer Haskins (1923). Three short lectures on the history of universities. Quite funny! This was part of a project where I looked back at research from 1923: https://bcmullins.github.io/research-from-1923/.…

  on “Ask HN: Best books you read in 2023” ↗
• wannabebarista · Dec 12, 2023 · Recommends

  …Here's a peek at the list: * Lost Continents by L. Sprague de Camp (1954) * Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong (2022) * The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) * The Rise of Universities by Charles Homer Haskins (1923) * Colonial New England on 5 Shillings a Day by Bill Scheller (2010) * The Book of Yōkai by Michael Foster (2015)

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• wannabebarista · Jan 5, 2024 · Recommends

  Here's my list from 2023 (mostly history with some mythology): * Lost Continents by L. Sprague de Camp (1954) * Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong (2022) * The Rise of Universities by Charles Homer Haskins (1923) * Colonial New England on 5 Shillings a Day by Bill Scheller (2010) * The Book of Yōkai by Michael Foster (2015) See here for some notes I wrote about these books: https://bcmullins.github.io/interesting-books-2023/…

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