17th Century

Picture: Magdalen College in 1566 from Foster’s Alumni Oxonienses. Seventeenth-century universities stood at the intersection of medieval and modern regimes of knowledge production. On one hand, curricula remained largely rooted in scholastic and Aristotelian traditions—particularly in England. On the other hand, universities continued to serve as key sites of intellectual exchange. A central mechanism of this exchange was the vertical transmission of ideas between teachers and students.

05 May 2025