University of Dole
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The University of Dole
Dole, Jura
Dole is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, of which it is a subprefecture ....

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
University of Bologna
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 model.

In 1613 the college of teachers at the University sent a formal deputy to the archdukes in Brussels
Brussels
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, seeking to convert the University to a Magisteruniversität such as at Louvain
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...

 and Douai
University of Douai
The University of Douai is a former university in Douai, France. With a Middle Ages heritage of scholar activities in Douai, the university was established in 1559 and lectures started in 1562. It closed from 1795 to 1808...

. The archdukes issued edicts (1616-1618) with that intent, but the students would not have it, overtly repudiated the edicts, and boycotted the university. It is probable that the edicts were never enforced.

In 1678 when Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
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 conquered the region; he shifted the university from Dole to Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

.

Notable faculty

  • Henry Cornelius Agrippa Von Nettesheim
    Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
    Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German magician, occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist.-Life:Agrippa was born in Cologne in 1486...

     - lectured on Johann Reuchlin's De verbo mirifico (1509);

Notable alumni

  • Jean-Bernard Knepper
    Jean-Bernard Knepper
    Jean-Bernard Knepper was a Luxembourg advocat and notary, who from 1693 to 1698 was the Mayor of the City of Luxembourg....

     - Burgomeister
    Burgomaster
    Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...

     of Luxemburg City
    Luxembourg (city)
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     1693-1698;
  • Wigle Aytta van Zwichem
    Viglius
    Viglius , was the name taken by Wigle Aytta van Zwichem, a Dutch statesman and jurist, a Frisian by birth....

     (1507-1577) - Dutch
    Netherlands
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     statesman and jurist, received his doctorate from Dole in 1526;
  • Otto von Truchsess von Waldburg (1514-1573) - Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
    Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
    The Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg was one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, which belonged to the Swabian Circle.-Early period:...

    ;
  • Balthazar Gerards (1557-1584) - assassin of William the Silent
    William the Silent
    William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...

    ;
  • Claude de La Baume (1534-1584) - cardinal and Archbishop of Besançon;
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