University of Dole
The University of Dole was a university in Dole in the Free County of Burgundy . It existed from 1422 to 1691 and was one of the most important universities for civil law and canon law in Western Europe.
history
The university was founded in 1422 by Philip the Good in the capital of his free county Burgundy, also for the neighboring duchy of Burgundy . It was based on the structures of the University of Bologna . It was initially located at the St. George Chapel. In 1437 a theological faculty was opened.
The university soon developed into one of the leading universities for civil law and canon law and attracted students from Western Europe, Switzerland and also Germany. In 1479 she had to move to Besançon after the French conquest of the city , but was able to return to Dole in 1484.
In 1562, 268 students studied in Dole, including 223 foreigners and 45 locals. Most of the lecturers came from Flanders and Italy . In 1616 envoys were sent to the archdukes in Brussels to enable conversion to a master’s university such as in Leuven and Douai . The archdukes gave their approval, but the concept was not implemented due to the resistance of the students.
In 1691, following the transfer of the Free County of Burgundy to France in the Peace of Nijmegen , the university was relocated to Besançon.
Personalities
Lecturers
students
- Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle , around 1505, later Chancellor of Emperor Charles V.
- Simon Renard , around 1530, later envoy extraordinary to Emperor Charles V.
- Otto von Waldburg , around 1530, later Prince-Bishop of Augsburg and Cardinal
- Johann Christoph von Westerstetten , 1584, later Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Kaspar Manz (1606–1677), around 1625, later legal scholar and Chancellor of Pfalz-Neuburg
- Franz von Lisola , around 1635, later ambassador to the Imperial Habsburgs
literature
- Jacky Theurot: L'Université de Dole de sa fondation à son fils transfert à Besançon . In: M. Gresset, F. Lassus (eds.): Institutions et vie universitaire dans l'Europe d'hier et d'aujourd'hui . Actes du Colloque de l'Association interuniversitaire de l'Est de Paris, 1991. pp. 25-44.