In 1602 the German nation of the University of Orléans decided to separate the registration of new members from the texte des rapports in the Livres des procurateurs, 1444-1602. The registres matricules that were subsequently used show that in the seventeenth century many young people from a great diversity of European countries found their way to Orléans. Apart from the genuine students, many were 'tourists', though considered by the authorities as 'étudiants universitaires'.
Joining the German nation offered the newly enrolled the privilege of being part of a university community that had traditionally been favoured by the French kings with special privileges, such as royal protection in time of war and, more importantly, freedom of religion. A majority of these student-tourists came from the nobility or from urban patrician families.
Cornelia M. Ridderikhoff, Ph.D. (1981), University of Leiden, is the main editor of the Textes des rapports of the Premier, Deuxième, Troisième et Quatrième Livre des procurateurs de la nation germanique de l'Université d'Orléans (Brill 1971, 1988, 2013, 2015). She also participated in the redaction and edition of the Briefwisseling (correspondence) of Hugo Grotius (RGP, The Hague 1985-2001).
Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, Ph.D. (1969), Ghent University, is co-editor of the Textes des rapports of the Premier, Deuxième, Troisième et Quatrième Livre des procurateurs de la nation germanique de l'Université d'Orléans (Brill 1971, 1988, 2013, 2015). She is professor emerita in medieval and early modern history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Universiteit Gent and has published on university history, student mobility and schooling in Europe and especially the Low Countries.
Avant-propos Liste des abréviations Manuscrits Sources imprimées et littérature Alba amicorum
1 Introduction historique
1 L’Université
2 La nation germanique
3 Les suppôts de la nation germanique
2 Sources
1 Description des registres
3 Méthode d’édition
4 Formulaire de serments
1 Le serment prêté par les novices en latin
2 Le serment prêté par les novices en allemand
3 Le serment prêté par les novices en néerlandais
4 Le serment prêté par les novices en français
5 Listes des immatriculés et gradués, 1602-1689, avec un supplément 1721-1781
1 Listes des immatriculés et gradués, 1602-1637
2 Listes des immatriculés et gradués, 1637-1689
3 Les registres-matricules de la nation germanique de l’ancienne Université d’Orléans 1602-1689 : supplément 1721-1781
Index des noms de personnes
Index des lieux
All interested in the history of universities, in the education of lawyers and in the history of Humanism and the Reformation, as well anyone concerned with the phenomenon of the ‘Grand Tour’ in Europe.