with those of Paris, Bologna, and Oxford. In 1408 there were said to be as many as two hundred doctors, five hundred Bachelors of Arts, and thirty thousand students. All sciences then known were taught, every Master of Arts had the privilege at his own will of giving public and private lectures, and every student could attend what lectures he pleased. This perfect freedom, both in hearing and in giving lectures, explains undoubtedly, as Palacky says, the extraordinary crowds of students that came