University of Dole

The University of Dole [Dôle is an older way to write the place-name.] was founded in 1422 by Philip the Good of Burgundy, and was a leading university in western Europe, historically notable for its teaching of canon and civil law. It operated as a student run university on the Bologna model.

In 1613 the college of teachers at the University sent a formal deputy to the archdukes in Brussels, seeking to convert the University to a "Magisteruniversität" such as at Louvain and Douai. The archdukes issued edicts (1616-1618) with that intent, but the students would not have it, overtly repudiated the edicts, and boycotted the university. [Feingold, Mordechai (ed.) (2003) "History of Universities" Vol. XVIII/2, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p.41-42;] It is probable that the edicts were never enforced.

In 1678 when Louis XIV conquered the region; he shifted the university from Dole to Besançon.

Notable faculty

* Henry Cornelius Agrippa Von Nettesheim - lectured on Johann Reuchlin's "De verbo mirifico"(1509);

Notable alumni

* Jean-Bernard Knepper - Burgomeister of Luxemburg City 1693-1698;
* Wigle Aytta van Zwichem (1507-1577) - Dutch statesman and jurist, received his doctorate from Dole in 1526;
* Otto von Truchsess von Waldburg (1514-1573) - Prince-Bishop of Augsburg;
* Balthazar Gerards (1557-1584) - assassin of William the Silent;
* Claude de La Baume (1534-1584) - cardinal and Archbishop of Besançon;

Notes

References

* Beaune and D'Arbaumont, (1870) "Les Universités de Franche-Comté: Gray, Dole, Besançon" Dijon;
* Theurot, J. (1992) "L'Université de Dole de sa fondation à son transfer à Besançon" in M. Gresset and F. Lassus (eds) "Institutions et vie universitaire dans l'Europe d'hier et d'anjour d'hui. Actes du Colloque de /'Association interuniversitaire de l'Est" Paris, pp. 25-44;"