List of Tables, Graphs, Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Context: University History -- Methodology and Sources -- Outline of the Book: Themes and Questions -- Chapter Two. Dutch Students and Italian Universities (1426-1575): Their Curriculum Studiosorum -- 2.1. Introducing the Population -- 2.2. The University Itinerary: How Many Went Where? -- 2.3. Choice of Faculty: The Lawyer and the Doctor -- 2.4. The Measure of Success: Graduation -- 2.5. Students' Age and Duration of Study -- 2.6. Summary -- Chapter Three. Geographical Origin -- 3.1. Seven Provinces: Not Yet United. Their Numbers -- 3.2. General Tendencies: The Catchment Areas of Italian Universities -- 3.3. Batavus, Frisius, Belga? University Sources as a Mirror of Identity -- Chapter Four. Social Background -- 4.1. Social Status in Universities -- 4.2. Students and Social Stratification in the Netherlands -- 4.3. Financing of University Studies -- 4.4. Social Background and Family Tradition -- 4.5. Summary -- Chapter Five. The Student in Society: Careers, Networks and Social Mobility -- 5.1. The Career Path Examined -- 5.2. Climbing the Ladder: Social Mobility and Networks -- 5.3. Summary -- Chapter Six. Epilogue: The Iter Italicum and Its Place in the Culture of the Late-Medieval and Early Modern Netherlands -- 6.1. Renaissance and Reformation, State Formation and Revolt: An Italian Connection? -- 6.2. Conclusion -- Appendix: Additional Tables and Graphs -- Bibliography -- Consulted Archives and Unedited Sources -- Edited Sources and Secondary Literature -- Index of Personal Names.