College de Beauvais

Collège de Beauvais (also called collège de Dormans-Beauvais): Foundation and statutes . Manuscript, 17th century (Sorbonne Library, NuBIS)

The Collège de Beauvais (also called Collège de Dormans-Beauvais ) was located in the 5th arrondissement in what is now Rue Jean-de-Beauvais. It was a center of Jansenism in the late 17th and early 18th centuries . It was attended by many sons of judges and prosecutors in the Parlement and the other high Parisian courts.

The Collège was founded in 1370 by Jean de Dormans , Bishop of Beauvais and Chancellor of France . The surviving chapel, dedicated to John the Baptist, was built in 1375 by Raymond du Temple , the builder of the Louvre and the Château de Vincennes . The school building from 1381, which no longer exists, also came from him.

The teachers at the college included:

• Peter Ramus
• Francisco de Xavier

The students included:

• Jean Racine
• Nicolas Boileau
• Charles Perrault
• Cyrano de Bergerac

literature

• Thierry Kouamé: Le collège de Dormans-Beauvais à la fin du Moyen Age. Stratégies politiques et parcours individuels à l'Université de Paris (1370–1458). Brill, 2005, ISBN 90-04-14135-9 .
• Launay: L'ancien Collège de Beauvais (1545–1793) In: Bulletin Sté d'Etudes Hist., Géog. et Scient. Parisienne region. No. 82-83, January-June 1954, and No. 84, July-September 1954.

Web links

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