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Nijmegen, University of
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Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, took the city in 1591. In the 17th century, it was already home to a Latin school and a Calvinist academy, founded in 1655, at which noted theologians like C. Wittig and J. Braun taught. In 1679 the chaos of war forced the academy to close. Attempts to reestablish it in the 18th century failed. Not until 1923, after almost 20 years of efforts on the part of the Sankt Radboud Foundation, was the Catholic University of Nijmegen founded as a counterpart to the Reformed Free University of Amsterdam. It was named Universitas Carolina, after Charlem…

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Strohm, Christoph, “Nijmegen, University of”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_024184>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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