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Leuven

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Author(s): Laureys, Marc (Bonn)
A. OriginsAfter the Duke of Burgundy, Philip III (the Good) brought the Duchy of Brabant under his control in 1430, its political centre of gravity shifted permanently from L. to Brussels. Nonetheless, L. developed into a prominent centre of intellectual and cultural life, thanks to the university, which was founded in 1425 [5]. The foundation, which was instigated by the L. municipal authorities with the support of the canons of St. Peter's and Johann IV, Duke of Brabant, and which Pope Martin V sealed, was part of a first wave of academic expa…
Date: 2016-11-24

Lipsius, Justus

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Author(s): Laureys, Marc (Bonn)
A. LifeJustus L. was a towering figure of Dutch and European Late Humanism across his entire spectrum of interests from text criticism to moral philosophy and political theory. He was particularly influential as the founder of Neostoicism (Stoicism). Born Joost Lips on October 18, 1547 at Overijse (near Brussels), he died on March 23/24, 1606 at Leuven. He studied at Cologne from 1559 to 1568 (1564 Baccalaureus artium) and Leuven. Between the autumn of 1568 and April 1570, he was at Rome (from May 1569 as secretary to Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle), where he…
Date: 2016-11-24