Academy of Sedan
The Academy of Sedan (Fr.: Académie de Sedan) was a Huguenot academy in Sedan in the Principality of Sedan, founded in 1579 and suppressed in 1681. It was one of the main centres for the production of Reformed pastors in France for a hundred years.
History[]
The Academy of Sedan was modeled on the Academy of Geneva (which is today the University of Geneva), which was founded by John Calvin in 1559. It was organized by the efforts of , daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and wife of (the first Prince of Sedan) in 1579. It was initially known as the College of Sedan (Collège de Sedan). In 1601, the National Synod of the Reformed Church of France, meeting in Jargeau, voted to transform the College of Sedan into its Academy for the training of pastors. The Academy of Sedan was suppressed in 1681 as part of Louis XIV's anti-Protestant measures that would climax in the 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau.
Famous Professors[]
Before the Organization of the Academy[]
- Mathieu Béroalde, professor of Hebrew, 1573–74
- , professor of Theology, 1576
- Immanuel Tremellius, professor of Hebrew, 1576–79
- , professor of Philosophy, 1579
- , professor of Hebrew, 1594
- , professor of physics, 1594
- , professor of philosophy, 1594
- Giulio Pace, professor of Law, 1595
Professors of Law (one chair)[]
- , 1608–24
- , 1624–30
- , 1630–44
- Claude Pithoys, 1663
- , 1673–75
- , 1675
Professors of Greek (one or two chairs depending on the time)[]
- , 1602-24 (Berchet played a large role in the organization of the Academy in 1601)
- , 1602
- , 1603–09
- Samuel Néran, 1608–11
- , 1614
- , 1629–51
- , 1646–71
- , 1654
Professors of Hebrew (one chair)[]
- , 1602–24
- , 1613
- , 1619–43
- , 1620–51
- , 1646–61
- , 1661–67
- Pierre Jurieu, 1674–81
Professors of Theology (three chairs)[]
- Daniel Tilenus, 1602–19
- , 1602–24
- , 1603–05
- , 1611–19
- , 1620–54
- Pierre Du Moulin, 1621–58
- Samuel Maresius, 1625–36
- , 1619–43
- Louis Cappel, 1633–58
- , 1645–75
- , 1658–67
- , 1646–71
- , 1660–81
- , 1673–76
- , 1676–81
- Pierre Jurieu, 1673–81
- , 1676–80
- Jakob Abbadie, 1680–81
Professors of Philosophy (two chairs)[]
- John Cameron, 1602–04
- Arthur Johnston, 1606–23
- Claude Pithoys, 1633–75
- , 1655
- Adam Steuart, 1622–28
- P. Bisterfeld, 1624–26
- , 1627–46
- , 1661–81
- Pierre Jurieu, 1671–81
- Pierre Bayle, 1675–81
Professors of Rhetoric (Latin) (one chair)[]
- , 1664
- , 1664–81
Professors of Mathematics (one chair)[]
- , 1605
- , 1613
- , 1661–67
Professors of Physics (one chair)[]
- , 1608
- , 1640–53
- , 1619–43
Directors of Military Exercises[]
- De Saint-Martin 1613
- Du Gast 1680
- Baron 1681
- Legrand 1681-1685
- also influential was the engineer , who taught in the military academy
Famous Alumni[]
- Nicolas Antoine
- Jacques Basnages
- Samuel Bochart
- Abraham de Moivre
- Pierre Du Moulin
- Charles Drelincourt
- Nicasius le Febure
- Jacques Moisant de Brieux
- Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier
- the nephews of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Countess Elisabeth of Nassau:
- the sons of Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau: Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his younger brother
- the son of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg: John VII, Count of Nassau
- , son of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
References[]
- Charles Peyran, Histoire de l'ancienne Académie réformée de Sedan, thèse présentée à la faculté de théologie protestante, 22 juin 1846, Strasbourg : Veuve Berger-Levrault, 1846 [1], 58 p.
- Extraits de la Chronique du Père Norbert concernant le Collège de Sedan, dans Revue historiques des Ardennes, : /impr. F. Dervin, 1867, vol.5, pp. 39–64 [2], puis pp. 166–187 [3]
- Pierre-Daniel Bourchenin, Étude sur les académies protestantes en France au XVIe et au XVIIe siècle (Paris: Grassart, 1882).
- Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siècles d’histoire (Paris: Guénégaud, 1969; Marseille: Laffitte Reprints, 1978)
This article was based on this article on French Wikipedia.
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