The essay analyses the phenomenon of dissent in 13th century medieval Studia. The comparison with some epistemological approaches of contemporary sociology allows to identify two laws of contestation: collective intentionality and the logic of demand. Starting from this complex framework, the essay examines some cases of contestation in the medieval university contexts of the early 13th century: Bologna, Vicenza, Vercelli and Paris. The ritual actions of cessatio and migratio belong to a repertoire of contestation strategies. They not only favoured the attainment of specific goals (increased salaries, better conditions, greater capacity for political bargaining) but also fostered the formation of an institutional self-consciousness in the university corporations themselves. In this process, Gregory IX’s Parens Scientiarum represents a fundamental junction: in this letter the pontiff not only defended the rights of Parisian teachers and scholars but institutionalised the very right of university strikes. This way, cessatio and migratio became part of an ordo and no longer a horror.
«Ubi non est ordo, facile repit horror». Intenzionalità collettive, manifestazioni di dissenso e processi di istituzionalizzazione nelle università medievali
Silanos
2023-01-01
Abstract
The essay analyses the phenomenon of dissent in 13th century medieval Studia. The comparison with some epistemological approaches of contemporary sociology allows to identify two laws of contestation: collective intentionality and the logic of demand. Starting from this complex framework, the essay examines some cases of contestation in the medieval university contexts of the early 13th century: Bologna, Vicenza, Vercelli and Paris. The ritual actions of cessatio and migratio belong to a repertoire of contestation strategies. They not only favoured the attainment of specific goals (increased salaries, better conditions, greater capacity for political bargaining) but also fostered the formation of an institutional self-consciousness in the university corporations themselves. In this process, Gregory IX’s Parens Scientiarum represents a fundamental junction: in this letter the pontiff not only defended the rights of Parisian teachers and scholars but institutionalised the very right of university strikes. This way, cessatio and migratio became part of an ordo and no longer a horror.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
