The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities

Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by noelwelsh on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:19AM (#35208469)

If you fancy studying at a medieval University today, I was surprised to find that there is a revival of "classical education" in the medieval mould. E.g.

- https://reginaacademies.org/2020/10/08/the-trivium/

- https://udallas.edu/braniff/academics/ma/classical_education...

It seems to be a strange mix of fetishization of the trivium and quadrivium, conservative Christianity, and perhaps some useful pedagogy along the St John's model.

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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by Simon_O_Rourke on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:46AM (#35208643)

The Accademia Vivarium Novum in Rome still has its classes in Latin and ancient Greek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_Vivarium_Novum

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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by noelwelsh on Saturday March 18, 2023 @02:03PM (#35211523)

That's both awesome and horrifying at the same time!

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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by bee_rider on Saturday March 18, 2023 @10:40AM (#35209478)

If trivium the source of the word trivia?

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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by gshubert17 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:00AM (#35209625)

Yes, the Latin root means "three ways", such as an intersection of foot paths where people who met would stop to exchange "trivia".

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