University of Bourges

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The University of Bourges was a prominent Renaissance-era French university renowned for its law faculty, which attracted many notable European jurists and statesmen.

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instanceOf defunct university
university
academicDiscipline law
attracted European jurists
European statesmen
attractedStudentsFrom Central Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Low Countries
surface form: the Low Countries
cityType cathedral city
contributedTo spread of humanist approaches to law
training of jurists for European courts
country France
disciplineCluster legal studies
educationalLevel tertiary education
era Renaissance
floruit 16th century
hasAlternativeName Université de Bourges NERFINISHED
hasMainCampus Bourges NERFINISHED
hasNotableAlumni Andreas Alciatus
Guillaume Budé
John Calvin
Theodore Beza
hasNotableFaculty Andreas Alciatus
François Douaren NERFINISHED
Hugues Doneau NERFINISHED
Jacques Cujas
hasReputation prominent center for legal studies in Renaissance Europe
historicalPeriod early modern period
historicalSignificance major Renaissance law school in France
influenced European legal humanism
development of civil law in Europe
knownFor Renaissance humanist legal scholarship
law faculty
languageOfInstruction Latin
locatedIn Bourges NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France
partOf French higher education system
region Centre-Val de Loire NERFINISHED
specializedIn Roman law
civil law
status closed
taught Roman law commentaries
canon law
civil procedure
typeOfInstitution secular university

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Jehan Cauvin educatedAt University of Bourges
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt educatedAt University of Bourges