Univ. Paris._, I, No. 246.]
[Footnote 72: Rashdall, I, p. 436.]
[Footnote 73: _Munimenta Acad. Oxon.,_ I, pp. 35-36.]
[Footnote 74: _Munimenta Acad. Oxon._, I, pp. 242-243.]
[Footnote 75: The figures in brackets indicate the time to be given to
each book, or group of books. The data are from Zarncke, _Statutenbuecher
der Univ. Leipzig._, 311-312.]
[Footnote 76: For the requirements in 1519 see p. 134.]
VI
ACADEMIC LETTERS
1. LETTERS RELATING TO PARIS
(a) _A Twelfth-Century Critic_
The pessimist who laments the decay of education, and who feels that its
golden age was the time in which he received his own training, or
earlier, is a perennial figure in the history of education. The
following letter has a surprisingly modern ring. Denifle (p. 747) thinks
that Stephen was unable to reconcile himself to the new movement at
Paris because of his monastic training. Stephen's view, however, "was
not wholly wrong." Compare the letter of Peter de la Celle to John of
Salisbury, page 144.
"Stephen [Bishop] of Tournai, in his letters directed to the Pope,
laments the ruin of the study of sacred literature, of Canon Law and the
Arts, and, blaming the professors, implores the hand of Apostolic
correction." (1192-1203.)
To the Pope. Beseeching his pardon, we would speak to our
sovereign Pontiff, whose kindness stimulates our boldness, whose
knowledge supports our ignorance, whose patience assures
indulgence.
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