Universitetet i Konstantinopel

Universitetet i Konstantinopel i det bysantinske imperiet fikk status som universitet i 848. Som de fleste eldre universiteter, hadde det vært en akademisk institusjon lenge før det ble godkjent som universitet. Den opprinnelige institusjonen ble grunnlagt i år 425 av herskeren Theodosius II.^[1] Universitetet eksisterte fram til det 14. århundret.

Universitetet besto av skolene for medisin, filosofi, jus og skogbruk. Den mest kjente av studentene på Universitetet i Konstantinopel er den bulgarske tsaren Simeon I.

Referanser rediger

^ "The Formation of the Hellenic Christian Mind" by Demetrios Constantelos, ISBN 0-89241-588-6: "The fifth century marked a definite turning point in Byzantine higher education. Theodosios ΙΙ founded in 425 a major university with 31 chairs for law, philosophy, medicine, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, rhetoric and other subjects. Fifteen chairs were assigned to Latin and 16 to Greek. The university was reorganized by Michael III (842–867) and flourished down to the fourteenth century".

[1] "The Formation of the Hellenic Christian Mind" by Demetrios Constantelos, ISBN 0-89241-588-6: "The fifth century marked a definite turning point in Byzantine higher education. Theodosios ΙΙ founded in 425 a major university with 31 chairs for law, philosophy, medicine, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, rhetoric and other subjects. Fifteen chairs were assigned to Latin and 16 to Greek. The university was reorganized by Michael III (842–867) and flourished down to the fourteenth century".

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