English University Life In The Middle Ages

English University Life in the Middle Ages (1999) by Alan Cobban (Routledge)

Ever wondered what students got up to before cheap lager, Freshers’ Week, and dodgy student unions? Alan Cobban’s English University Life in the Middle Ages digs deep into the world of Oxford and Cambridge when they were more about parchment, prayer, and occasional rioting with longbows than gap-year anecdotes.

Published by Routledge in 1999, this scholarly yet surprisingly lively history traces the academic routines, social rituals, and messy politics of medieval university life. Expect plenty of detail on disputations, discipline, and why being a scholar in the 14th century wasn’t always much safer than being a mercenary.

Condition: academic library vibes – sturdy, serviceable, probably with a whiff of dust and a few pencilled notes from a stressed-out student of medieval studies. If you like your higher education with gowns, Latin, and the occasional tavern brawl, this is your book.

Condition as new.

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