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Franeker
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Franeker, principal town in the district of Franekeradeel in the Dutch province of Friesland. In 1585, the governor of Friesland, Count William Louis of Nassau, founded the second university in the northern Netherlands (after Leiden, 1575) with faculties of theology, law, the arts, and (from 1589) medicine. As a result of the attendance of numerous students from western Germany, Hungary, and the Scandinavian countries, the university attained European stature during the 17th century. Its first rector was the exegete Martin Lydius (1585–1601), who along with T. Beza…

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Strohm, Christoph, “Franeker”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_07765>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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