Collège des Dix-Huit (College of the Eighteen), founded in 1180 AD, was the earliest college of the

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

in France, established to endow 18 scholars.

History

The college was founded in 1180 AD by an Englishman by the name of Jocius after a visit to

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. It was based south of the Rue des Poirées. In ''Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Origins of Science in the Medieval World'' Christopher Beckwith argues that College des Dix-Huit was modeled on the Central Asian

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...

: "The college founded by Jocius is identical... to the typical madrasa then widespread in Syria and its vicinity. They were endowed institutions, generally quite small, which housed a small number of students, typically less than two dozen.". The founding text of the college: The college was closed during the reconstruction of the University in the 17th century.

References

{{Reflist

External links

La fondation du collège des Dix-Huit (1180)
/ Classes BnF Colleges of the University of Paris 1180 establishments in Europe 1180s establishments in France 12th-century establishments in France Paris, University of