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Wie sozialisiert man eine Hochschule? Die Eröffnungsfeiern der mittelalterlichen deutschen Universitäten und die Gründung der Erfurter Universität (28. April 1392)
Author(s) -
Rexroth Frank
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
berichte zur wissenschaftsgeschichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1522-2365
pISSN - 0170-6233
DOI - 10.1002/bewi.19980210106
Subject(s) - liturgy , vulnerability (computing) , sociology , institution , art , theology , humanities , philosophy , computer science , social science , computer security
In pre‐Reformation Germany, nearly all university foundations culminated in elaborated opening celebrations which were closely linked to the local liturgy. This article tries to understand these well‐recorded acts as rituals and asks how social knowledge of what a university actually was was transmitted to the non‐academic environment. It shows that the opening celebrations were designed both to make the new institution acceptable and to distance it from its environment, thus reducing its vulnerability.