Excerpt from The Royal Authority and the Early English Universities: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pennsylvania Before proceeding to the organization and privileges of these universities it will be necessary, first of all, to con31der the composition of these bodies, deciding, in so far as it is possible, what persons or classes of per sons came within this organization and enjoyed these privileges and also deciding within what limits these privileges were exercised. The process of definition of the terms scholar, scholar's servant and the like, was gradual, increasing in accuracy and clearness as the universities became more independent of outside con trol. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.