University of Orléans

The '''University of Orléans''' ({{lang-fr|Université d'Orléans}}) is a French university, in the Academy of Orléans and Tours. ==History== [[Image:Great.Hall.Univ.of.Orleans.jpg|thumb|right|300px|University of Orleans, Great Hall]] In 1230, when for a time the doctors of the [[University of Paris]] were scattered, a number of the teachers and disciples took refuge in Orléans; when pope [[Pope Boniface VIII|Boniface VIII]], in 1298, promulgated the sixth book of the Decretals, he appointed the doctors of [[University of Bologna|Bologna]] and the doctors of Orléans to comment upon it. [[Ivo of Kermartin|St. Yves]] (1253-1303) studied civil law at Orléans, and [[Pope Clement V]] also studied there law and letters; by a [[Papal Bull]] published at Lyon, 27 January, 1306, he endowed the Orléans institutes with the title and privileges of a University (it has been founded as one of the very earliest universities outside Italy in 1235, only two years after [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[University of Toulouse|Toulouse]], in France only Paris' [[Sorbonne]] was even older). Twelve later popes granted the new university many privileges. In the 14th century it had as many as five thousand students from France, Germany, [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]], [[Burgundy (region)|Burgundy]], [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]], [[Picardy]], [[Normandy]], [[Touraine]], [[Guyenne]] and Scotland. The current university was founded in 1960, after its medieval predecessor was closed down in 1793 and merged into the [[University of France]] in 1808. ==Outstanding professors== *[[Robert Joseph Pothier]] (1699-1722), lawyer. *[[Daniel Jousse]] (1704-1781), lawyer. ==Notable alumni== *St [[Ivo of Kermartin]] († 1303), patron of lawyers *[[Étienne de Mornay]], counsellor of [[Philippe IV le Bel]] *[[Johannes Reuchlin]] (1455-1522) *[[Guillaume Budé]] (1468-1540) *[[John Calvin]] (1509-1564) *[[Étienne de La Boétie]] (1530-1563) *[[Agrippa d'Aubigné]] (1552-1630) *[[Théophraste Renaudot]] (1586-1653) *[[Pierre de Fermat]] (vers 1601-1665) *[[Molière]] (1622-1673) *[[Charles Perrault]] (1628-1703) *[[Jean de La Bruyère]] (1645-1696) ==See also== * [[List of medieval universities]] * [[List of public universities in France by academy]] ==External links== * [http://www.univ-orleans.fr/presentation/multilingue/?page=3 Official website] {{Public Universities in France}} {{coord missing|France}} {{DEFAULTSORT:University of Orleans}}