Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche

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Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche was a prestigious Jesuit college in early 17th-century France renowned for its rigorous humanist and scientific curriculum and for educating notable figures such as René Descartes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesuit college
educational institution
affiliation French Crown
architecturalStyle early 17th-century French architecture
associatedWith Catholic Reformation
Counter-Reformation education
country Kingdom of France
denomination Roman Catholic Church
educationalApproach Jesuit Ratio Studiorum
humanist curriculum
educationalLevel philosophy course
secondary education
fieldOfStudy classical languages
logic
mathematics
metaphysics
natural philosophy
philosophy
rhetoric
theology
foundedBy Henry IV of France
hasCurriculumFocus classical education
humanities
sciences
hasType boarding school
royal foundation
historicalRole major Jesuit educational center in France
training ground for French elites
inception 1603
languageOfInstruction French
Latin
locatedIn La Flèche
Pays de la Loire
Sarthe
namedAfter Henry IV of France
notableFor education of René Descartes
rigorous humanist curriculum
strong emphasis on philosophy and mathematics
notableStudent Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
Marin Mersenne
Pierre Gassendi
René Descartes
opened 1604
patron Henry IV of France
periodOfProminence early 17th century
regionServed western France
religiousOrder Society of Jesus
status prestigious royal college

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
René Descartes
education

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