An English record of the founding of a university in Dublin in 1358
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9983338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linne R Mooney (University of Maine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 111 |
| Pages | 225-227 |
| Publication date | 1993-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021121400011020 |
| OpenAlex | W90152482 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
A chronicle of the Franciscan convent at Bridgewater, Somerset, in B.L., Cottonian MS Domitian A.ii, preserves a late fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century record of the founding of a university in Dublin in 1358. The entry, on f. 5v, notes the founding of the university at Dublin as the second entry for the year 1358: Ys abella mater Ed wardi t er cii obiit; vniu er sitas diflin i e in hibernia i n cepit. Since the main scribe of the chronicle — perhaps the astronomer John Somer, O.F.M. (fl. 1380-1409) — appears to have recorded his portion of the entries in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, this is one of the earliest extant recordings of this event. The founding in 1358 is confirmed by an entry in Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium recording, according to Fitzmaurice and Little, ‘the King[’s promise [of] special protection to scholars travelling thither’
Ancient history · Art history · Astronomer · Extant taxon · Fifteenth · Classics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |