Author: Jamex Axtell
When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as “wisdom’s special workshop.” He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop.
Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today, “Wisdom’s Workshop” places this durable institution in sweeping historical perspective.
In particular, James Axtell focuses on the ways that the best American universities took on Continental influences, developing into the finest expressions of the modern university and enviable models for kindred institutions worldwide.
