IMC 2025: Sessions
Session 1520: Ruling with(out) a University: Emperor Sigismund and the 'Worlds of Learning' in the Late Middle Ages
Thursday 10 July 2025, 09:00-10:30
| Organiser: | Ondřej Schmidt, Ústav pomocných věd historických a archivnictví, Masarykova univerzita, Brno / Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Alexandra Kaar, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Universität Wien |
| Paper 1520-a | Emperor Sigismund: A Sovereign with(out) a University (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy; Administration |
| Paper 1520-b | Imperial University Foundations in Italy and Beyond: Evidence of Emperor Sigismund's Charters (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy; Administration |
| Paper 1520-c | Why Did Emperor Sigismund Endorse the Second Failed Attempt to Establish a University in Chełmno (Kulm) in 1434? (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy; Administration |
| Paper 1520-d | Unpopular Experts?: The Role of Studied Lawyers in the Royal Court Hearings under King Sigismund - Some Observations Based on the Trials between the Dukes of Bavaria (Language: English) Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy; Administration |
| Abstract | As numerous university foundations show, from the 14th century onwards, it became necessary for European rulers to have their “own” Studium. This general trend was prompted by the need for experts to be employed at various levels of the growing governmental apparatus. The presence of a university also brought with it prestige and promised an economic boost. This session will explore the multilayered role of universities within the governmental practices of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia (1387–1437). Combining various perspectives, individual papers will uncover their uses in different regions of the Luxemburg’s vast empire. |