Examines the ranking process and licensing of bachelors in canon law at the University of Paris, suggesting insights into medieval academic practices.
Every second year, the Parisian faculty of canon law took part in the licentiate process of the University of Paris. After the bachelors sat for the examination, the faculty ranked them according to their academic ‘sufficiency’ and distributed individuals to members of the faculty for sponsorship, and presented both them and a sealed rotulus listing their names, ranks, and sponsors to the chancellor of Paris. Soon after this presentation, the bachelors were licensed by the chancellor in a public ceremony.
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