Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . AUTOGRAPH OF EISENACH IN LUTHERS TIME. CHAPTER II STUDENT LIFE ERFURT stood at the head of the German uni-versities of the fifteenth century. Opened tostudents in 1392, it was chronologically the fifth,but in number of students the first. Called some-times ** The German Bologna, a current sayingran, that in Erfurt there were as many Masters ofArts as there were stones in the pavement; whileanother adage was: ** He who would study well,must go to Erfurt. In 1455 alone, five hundredand thirty-eight studen
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . AUTOGRAPH OF EISENACH IN LUTHERS TIME. CHAPTER II STUDENT LIFE ERFURT stood at the head of the German uni-versities of the fifteenth century. Opened tostudents in 1392, it was chronologically the fifth,but in number of students the first. Called some-times ** The German Bologna, a current sayingran, that in Erfurt there were as many Masters ofArts as there were stones in the pavement; whileanother adage was: ** He who would study well,must go to Erfurt. In 1455 alone, five hundredand thirty-eight students were matriculated, theentire attendance reaching two thousand. Populardemonstrations marked all public exercises of theUniversity; for it was the pride of the city, which,while not ranking as a free town, was ambitiousand enterprising, and a place of much importance, 14 I505] Student Life 15 chafing under the dominion of the Archbishop of Mayence. In entering the University, Luthers plans for hisfuture were not fixed. His father, who appreciatedhis marked abilities, thought that the profession of
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