The Old University of Leuven (or of Louvain) is the name historians give to the university, or studium generale, founded in Leuven, Brabant (then part of the Burgundian Netherlands, now …

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) [5][a] is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest …

De Universiteit Leuven, in het Latijn Studium Generale Lovaniense, of Universitas Studii Lovaniensis, werd gesticht in 1425 en bleef actief tot aan haar opheffing einde 1797. Het was …

Sep 19, 2023 · Initially meant to serve as the cloth makers’ hall of Leuven, this stately building was constructed in 1317. In 1425, it became the beating heart of the University, with offices for …

In the 16th century, Leuven (Louvain) was the largest university after Paris, north of the Alps. Leuven also played a major international role in the earliest developments of typography and …

Mar 7, 2025 · Oude universiteit Leuven (1425-1797) De archieven van de Oude universiteit behoren tot de grootste en best bewaarde universiteitsarchieven uit het ancien regime ter …

On 9 December 1425, Pope Martin V authorised the establishment of a university in Leuven. This was recorded in a charter: the ‘foundation bull’. Photogravure (1909) of the foundation bull of …

Pope Martin V founds KU Leuven via a papal bull dated 9 December 1425. At the time, there were fewer than 50 univeristies in the world. The foundation of the Trilingual College under the …

The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. It was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, and re-founded in 1835 after …

In 1425 the publication of a Bull of Pope Martin V gave the go-ahead for the foundation of a university at Louvain. During the following months, in accordance with medieval custom, the …