Volume XXVII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
Articles Machiavelli at University, and theDiscorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio,Robert Black Kepler's Disputation on Copernicus' Opinions,N.M. Swerdlow The Establishment of a First-Class University Library': The Beginnings of the University of London Library,K.E. Attar The Domestic Laws of Oxford and Cambridge: External Interference and Internal Interpretation,G.R. Evans Review Essays Joseph Scaliger's Letters: Collaborator, Teacher, Impresario,Kristine L. Haugen Late, but not too Late. Eugenio Garin's History of Italian Philosophy,Massimo Ferrari Reviews Spencer E. Young (ed.),Crossing Boundaries at Medieval Universities,B. B. Price Karine Crousaz,L'Academie de Lausanne entre humanisme et Reforme (ca. 1537-1560),Anja-Silvia Goeing W. Bruce Leslie, Andrew Jewett,Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War,W. Bruce Leslie Bibliography
Mordechai Feingoldis a Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology.