Chapter 4

Origin of the College System -- Merton -- Imitations of the Merton Rule -- New College -- Increase in Number of Regulations --Latin-Speaking -- Conversation in Hall -- Meals -- College Rooms -- Amusements -- Penalties -- Introduction of Corporal Punishment --The Tonsure -- Attendance at Chapel -- Vacations -- Hospitality -- The Career of an English Student -- Meaning of "Poor and Indigent Scholars" -- The College System at Paris -- Sconcing -- Other French Universities -- A Visitation of a Medieval College............ 49