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Founded in 1432 by Henry VI ofEngland, who was then master ofParis and of a large part ofFrance. In the beginning it included only faculties of canon andcivil law. To these were added, in 1437, a faculty oftheology and afaculty of arts, and, in 1438, a faculty of medicine. The English having been repulsed fromParis, the purpose of these additions and of the many privileges granted by Henry VI was to give the students the same advantages they would have found inParis, and thus prevent their going to theuniversity of the capital. On the petition of the Estates of Normandy,Pope Eugenius IV granted aBull of erection to theuniversity and appointed theBishop ofBayeux as chancellor (30 May, 1437). All those admitted to degrees were required to take anoath of fidelity to theRoman Pontiff, and to pledge themselves never to attempt anything against the interests of the church. Theceremony of the solemn inauguration took place in 1439, the firstrector being an Englishman, Michael of Tregury, afterwardsArchbishop ofDublin. From the beginning theUniversity of Paris opposed very strongly the founding of auniversity at Caen. In 1433 protests were sent to the chancellor of the kingdom and to the Parlement ofParis. The same year the delegates of theuniversity to the council of Basle were instructed to ask for the suppression of theuniversity at Caen. Later a petition was also sent toEugenius IV. Notwithstanding this opposition, theuniversity of Caen developed. In 1445 Henry VI declared it the onlyuniversity inFrance enjoying the royal privileges. When Caen was conquered by the French in 1450, King Charles allowed theuniversity to continue as before. It was, however, a mere toleration until the king should reach a final decision. This was given on 30 October, 1452, when Charles VII created anew theuniversity of Caen and gave it a new charter, ignoring altogether its former charter and privileges, and granting the same privileges enjoyed byFrenchuniversities. Like the otheruniversities inFrance, the University of Caen disappeared at the time of theFrench Revolution. The presentuniversity, founded in 1894, was fifty instructors and 750 students.
RASHDALL, The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages (Oxford, 1895), II, Pt. I, 194; FOURNIER, Les Statutes et privilèges des universités françaises (Paris, 1892), III, Pt. I, 145; DE BOURMONT, La foundation de l'université de Caen in Bulletin de la societé des antiquaires de Normandy (Caen, 1894), XII; CHEVALIER, Topo-bibliogr., 541.
APA citation.Dubray, C.(1908).University of Caen. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03132a.htm
MLA citation.Dubray, Charles."University of Caen."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 3.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1908.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03132a.htm>.
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Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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