In these respects the Consistori was much like a medieval university.

He was primarily a historian of institutions, like medieval universities and governments.

This presented the opportunity for students in medieval universities to question and test their teachers.

The medieval university had mainly been a school for theology.

Scholasticism was a philosophical school that developed during the medieval university.

At many medieval universities this would have been the principal undergraduate course.

Indeed, even in the medieval university, change was the rule.

Foreign students at medieval Italian universities were also referred to as ultramontanes.

Initially medieval universities did not have physical facilities such as the campus of a modern university.

It is no accident that most medieval universities were founded within cities.