The Motives for creating Institutions of Higher Education in the Dutch Republic during its formative Years (1574-1648)

• Autores: Marc Wingens
• Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 34, Nº. 2, 1998, págs. 443-456
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the newly founded Dutch Republic, the system of higher education was built up in a period of about seventy-five years (1574-1648). This period can be separated into two different phases. During the first phase (1574-1614), three universities and one illustrious school were founded. They were, in the first place, intended to provide the young state with a new elite of state officiab and Protestant ministers. During the second phase (1630-1648) seven new institutions were founded, most of them being illustrious schools. Apart from one exception, these had all been set up by city councils. Not only did they prepare the city's young males for university, but they also sewed as centres of learning for the benefit of learned citizens