Dives, pauper, nobilis, magister, frater, clericus: Sozialgeschichtliche Untersuchungen uber Heidelberger Universitatsbesucher des Spatmittelalters (1386-1450)

This study deals with the collective biography of late medieval students at a small university closely linked to the Palatine court. Based on the data provided by the matriculation list and using modern empirical methods, an analysis of their social and regional origins, their learning conditions and behaviour, and their subsequent careers is made. The text examines the development of the area of recruitment and the social composition of the Heidelberg studium generale. It then provides a detailed investigation of various categories of scholars: nobles, higher and lower clergy, monks, rich and poor. The book contains statistical material, in tables, which might be helpful for further studies in a comparative perspective. An extensive prosopographical appendix contains detailed biographical data for numerous students.