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European university expansion in the 1430s

Type Event Region Europe Time 1431–1440

In the 1430s, the medieval university system continued to expand and differentiate across Europe: the University of Poitiers was formally established…

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  1. 1431–1432Poitiers · FrancePope Eugene IV approved the statutes of the University of Poitiers in 1431, establishing faculties of theology, law, medicine, and arts, making it an important scholarly center of southwestern France.
  2. 1433–1437Paris · FranceAgainst the backdrop of the Hundred Years' War, the colleges of the University of Paris continued to attract students from across Europe, with scholasticism, canon law, and Aristotelian natural philosophy forming the core curriculum.
  3. 1435–1440Bologna · ItalyItalian universities such as Bologna continued their Roman law and medical traditions, forming with Central European institutions like Prague and Leipzig an early pattern of transnational scholarly mobility and mutual recognition of degrees.

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