Sixth hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the first University of Hungary.
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It was the first centre of higher education to be established in the southeast part of Europe, and its foundation was a sign of the cultural development of Hungary, then a great political power in Europe. In 1345 King Louis wrote to Pope Clement VI, commenting on the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient number of counsellors trained in the humanities. Although talented students were sent to the Italian universities, especially to the universities of Bologna and Padua, the expense was great, and the time necessary for the completion of their studies too long. King Louis therefore decided to found a University in his own country where Hungarian, Croatian, and Dalmatian students could be educated together. In 1360 he wrote to the Duke of the Carrara family in whose territory the University of Padua was situated at that time, to ask him to send the Professor of Humanities, Bartolomeo Piacenti, to organize the school3 on the model of the University of Padua. But Bartolomeo Piacenti could not come. After long discussions Galvano di Bologna (known also as Galvano de Bettini),3 Professor of Roman Law and Saraceno di Padova (known also as Giovanni Saraceno), an apothecary and presumably a physician also, came in the year 1367 from Padua to Hungary, where, with the help of King Louis and Wilhelm von Bergzabern, Bishop of Pecs, the new humanistic university was organized. Bishop Wilhelm was a native of Pfalz, Germany, and was the son of Henrik of Bergzabern. He had had an excellent education, and by the year 1357 he was a high ecclesiastical dignitary and privy 313
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967