Volume XVIII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.

• Guillem de Beziers and his Informatio scolaribus suis


• Academics in Action: Scholarly Interests and Policies in the Early counter-Reformation: The Reform of the University of Louvain 1607-1617


• Poverty and the Pursuit of Learning: Poor Scholars in Seventeenth-Century Aberdeen


• The Mediating Role of the University: Leiden University, its Structure and Function during the First Two Centuries of its Existence


• Theology and Philosophy at the English College, Douai: A Handlist of Sources


• Book Reviews


• Bibliography