Medieval France
. This papal bull, issued in 1231 by Gregory IX, was a major step in establishing the independence of the corporation of masters vis-à-vis the bishop of Paris and the chancellor of the cathedral school of Notre-Dame in Paris. After earlier papal statements giving support to the masters in regulating the lives and duties of masters and students, Parens scientiarum made much clearer the freedom and right to self-regulation of the corporation of masters.
The chancellor was obliged to bestow the license to teach (licentia docendi) upon anyone the masters judged worthy; the masters’ right to regulation of teaching conditions, clothing, and the like was recognized, and the right to suspend classes in certain situations was confirmed. The publication of Parens scientiarum followed the return to Paris of masters and students after the cessation of classes and scattering of students and masters after riots in 1229.
Grover A.Zinn
[See also: GREGORY IX; PHILIP THE CHANCELLOR; UNIVERSITIES]
Leff, Gordon. Paris and Oxford Universities in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. New York: Wiley, 1968.
Thorndike, Lynn. University Records and Life in the Middle Ages. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949.
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