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the total cost of university studies at different locations and times. This research issue is only<br />
in an intial stage among scholars in the fi eld. 44 Such calculations are indeed fairly complicated<br />
and not just because of the problems concerning the sources, but also because of a wide<br />
range of factors (geographical, chronological, and sociological) which determined these costs.<br />
Another problem is related to the fact that the currencies of the time were complex and varied<br />
signifi cantly in terms of purchasing power, weight and size, thus making any comparisons diffi<br />
cult. 45 Apart from calculating the costs in general, facts such as illness, war, poor harvests,<br />
etc. involving extra expenses need to be considered. In addition to that, the needs and the<br />
expectations of students varied depen<strong>din</strong>g on their social status and fi nancial possibilities he<br />
or his family enjoyed at home. Notwithstan<strong>din</strong>g these diffi culties, some estimations have been<br />
made. For instance, L. W. Brockliss has calculated that, in Paris in the fi fteenth and sixteenth<br />
century, the total expenses for a student coming from a province averaged 75 fl orins annually.<br />
46 Bernhard Ebneth attempts to calculate the costs of university studies in the fi fteenth and<br />
sixteenth century based on individual examples. 47 He mentions an interesting description of<br />
expenses included in a letter of thanks sent to the town council of Nürnberg in 1558 by a<br />
student in Tübingen who received fi nancial support for his studies: 50 fl orins per year, in two<br />
portions. The fi rst half of the yearly amount was spent as follows: 48<br />
Expenditures:<br />
From Nürnberg to Tübingen paid for food 1 fl .<br />
Meals, which pro year cost thirty fl orins, from which I paid for the half of it 15 fl .<br />
The room, which costs 8 gulden per year, I have paid for a half year 4 fl<br />
I paid for the Lexicon Iuris, unbound, 14 batzen<br />
To bind it, 6 batzen<br />
For half a year to the shoemaker, 10 batzen<br />
To the tailor for repairing my trousers and for a new pair of stockings, 2 fl<br />
For a special pointed hat, 8 batzen<br />
For some book paper, 5 batzen<br />
For the production of a good ink, 1 batzen<br />
For buying light, 1 batzen<br />
The entire amount together, 25 fl .<br />
This bill shows that accommodation and food were the most important expenses, taking<br />
up ca. 80 % of the student’s budget. Another possible way to estimate the students’ fi nancial<br />
needs used by Ebneth was to analyze the amount of money provided to students as stipend by<br />
44<br />
RIDDER-SYMOENS 1978, 87-115, here 100-101. See also TRIO 1984.<br />
45<br />
See NORTH 1989 and SPUFFORD 1989, passim.<br />
46<br />
BROCKLISS 1978, 528-530.<br />
47<br />
EBNETH 1994, 209ff.<br />
48<br />
EBNETH 1994, 212. In the original:<br />
Ausgab.<br />
Von Nürnberg bis ghen Tubingen v[er]zert 1fl<br />
Mehr ein tisch, das Ihar vmb dreissig guldenn bestandenn daran das halb bezalt 15fl<br />
Mehr ein stuben das Ihar vmb 8 gulden, das halb Ihar vmb vier fl bestandenn 4 fl<br />
Mehr vmb den Lexicon Iuris gebenn vngebundenn 14 batzen<br />
Mehr denselbigen einzupinden 6 batzen<br />
Mehr das halb Ihar dem schuester 10 batzen<br />
Mehr dem schneider fur besserung meiner hosen, auch vonwegen eins neuens par strimpffs 2fl<br />
Mehr vmb ein gelezene spitzhauben 8 batzen<br />
Mehr vmb etlliche puchpapir 5 batzen<br />
Mehr fur ein gutts <strong>din</strong>cken (Tinte, n.e.) zumachenn 1 batzen<br />
Mehr fur licht zukauffenn 1 batzen<br />
Summa alles miteinander 25 fl .<br />
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