Development of early medieval universities began during the High Middle Ages, a time of economic prosperity and growth in population for Medieval Europe. Around the late 11th Century the development of important early universities would be caused by sudden urbanization of Europe and early influencers of higher education
During the High Middle Ages a rise in economic activity would come from a revival of trade that would occur from the rebuilding of old cities and creation of new cities that would be major urban centers throughout Europe. The rise in bigger cities led to people moving from a poor rural life to live a more “prosperous” life in the crowded Urban Centers of Europe (1)
Urbanization of Europe is actually even concurrent with the rise in universities in Europe This can be seen in the Western Schism of the 14th Century, when Urban VI is elected to Pope in Rome, but is eventually disliked for poor ruling and with support of the King of France and government officials Clermont VII is elected to Antipope in Avignon, France. However Pope Urban VI does …show more content…
Beginning around the early 9th Century were the Carologinian education reforms, under the control of Charlemagne, King of France. He wanted a clergy that was educated and made sure every monastery and cathedral provide free education to future clergy -young boys- that should signs of succeeding in the classroom. Though after a short period of time Charlemagne would die and France would fall apart internally due to civil war, however, cathedral and monastery schools continued to teach. The continuing schools taught under the quadrivium- consisting of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music; and the trivium- consisting of grammar rhetoric and logic. These core subjects would courses taught at places like the in University of