Expansion of the Sorbonne

Timeline

1. 1274–1275Sorbonne College · ParisAfter Robert de Sorbon's death, the college was taken over in management by the society of theologians (societas magistrorum), which revised internal regulations and established systems for electing the dean and enforcing teaching discipline, laying the organizational groundwork for subsequent expansion.
2. 1274–1277Paris · Île-de-FrancePope Gregory X confirmed the statutes of the Sorbonne College during the First Council of Lyon in 1274, and succeeding popes issued protective bulls granting the college privileges in theology teaching, property management, and admissions, consolidating its status as a core college of the University of Paris.
3. 1275–1279Latin Quarter · ParisThe college used donated funds to expand its buildings and library, admitting more impoverished theology students, and grew its teaching staff to over twenty. The Sorbonne became the benchmark for theological education at the University of Paris, closely tied to contemporary scholastic controversies (such as the Condemnation of 1277).