Description: General reflections on the medieval university are followed by 8 studies of Central and East Central centers and conclude with 4 social-historical and prosopographical papers.
Brief description: Em. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Moraw, Gießen, is one of the experts on the history of the Late Middle Ages in Germany and Europe. He has published extensively on a variety of special fields, such as the history of economy, social history, the Hanseatic League, regional and cultural studies and prosopograhpy. He works on the history of universities since 1961.