university tradition in trnava
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University tradition in Trnava. Trnava, 17.1.2013 PhDr.Eva Kowalská,DrSc. Historický ústav SAV. Ludovicus I Magnus, Rex Hungariae. Matthias Corvinus, Rex Hungariae. Johannes Pannonius, 1459 Bishop of Pécs. University tradition in Hungarian Kingdom until 1635. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
University tradition in HungarianKingdom until 1635
Pécs, 1367-1464
Posonium/Bratislava, Universitas Istropolitana, 1465/67-1491
Johannes Pannonius,1459 Bishop of Pécs
Matthias Corvinus, Rex Hungariae
Ludovicus I Magnus,Rex Hungariae
Mixture of reasons: Universities in Vienna, Prague, Cracow
(hundreds of students from Hungary) Political situation in the region of Central Europe –
Ottomans since middle of 15th C.! 1526 – catastrophe (battle) at Mohács Reformation Waves of civil war in Hungary
Why is there a gap in the university tradition on Slovak territory?
Seal od Charles University in Prague
Seal of Vienna University
Sign of Jagellonian University in Cracow
Consolidation of education in Hungary (17th C.)
Lutherans – absence of university until 1667
(Prešov, Collegium Statuum evangelicorum superioris Hungariae – not a reall university, closed 1671)
Catholics – reconstruction of the educational system (Jesuits – Re-Catholicization through schooling)
Péter Pázmány, SJ – Archbishop of Esztergom/OstrihomConcept of educational reform: 1st step - Pázmáneum in Vienna, 2nd - Collegium Germanicum Hungaricum in Rome, 3rd - University in Trnava
4.10.1570-19.3.1637
P. Pázmány, coat of arms
The tomb of
Pázmány,
St Martins
Cathedral
Bratislava
Universitas Tyrnaviensis and the milestones of its history I
12.5.1635 – University charter, Archiepiscopalis
universitas
13.11.1635 – opening ceremony of the University
(St Nicholas Basilica), 1st rector Georgius
Dobronoki
Tenella universitatula = decent university: Faculty of letters (philosophy) + Faculty of theology only
2./16.1.1667 – Georgius
Szelepcheny, Faculty of law
(also domestic - Hungarian law!)
Faculty of Theology and Philospohy
St Nicholas Basilica
Universitas Tyrnaviensis and the milestones of its history II
7.11.1769 – Faculty of Medicine = >
COMPLETE UNIVERSITY
16.7.1769 – Royal University - under the state control: new departments (Kammeralwissenschaften),new textbooks, new subjects (natural law!), unification of the education within the whole monarchy
1773 – abolition of Jesuit order 1777 – Ratio educationis, translation of the
university to Buda/Ofen
Ratio educationis, 1777
Infrastructure of the university
St John the Baptist CathedralPrinting house 1648 (cca 5000 titels=
cca 5 mil items)Library (15 000 items in 1777) and
archiveTheatre
Observatory founded by Maximilian Hell (NOT a professor!)
Botanical gardenApotheca
Dormitories, convicts, seminaries Large estates Manufactories (1709 paper, type foundry)
Professors, Students
Scientific niveau of the professors: law, history, mathematics and astronomy, medicine, philosophy...
Students (problem with relevant sources): Number ? – absence of evidence from various yearsNationality ? – diversity, nationality not clearly definedSocial status ? – majority of nobles and burghers
Student´s life: Everyday life City vs. University (1726!)
Poetic apotheosis of the University (1701)
Apotheosis of the
University, 18th C.
Georgius Pray István Katona
Student statistics
Hungarian counties with the highest number of students at the Trnava University
Number of students (all together 4315 with the titel – Bc, Mag, Dr)
County 1635–1711 1712–1777 1635–1777 Nitra 336 378 = 714 Bratislava 252 300 = 552 Trenčín 140 219 = 359 Tekov 77 117 = 194 Vas 53 95 = 148 Sopron 51 96 = 147 Heves 52 50 = 102
Social status: evidence available for 56 per cent of all students, of them
aristocrats: 3,7 per cent
nobels: 81,0 per cent
rest: burghers, serfs
Source: NOVÁKOVÁ, Veronika: Vzdelávanie šľachty Bratislavskej stolice na domácich a zahraničných univerzitách, vysokých školách a vyšších vzdelávacích inštitúciách od 16.storočia do roku 1848. In M.Kovačka, E.Augustínová, M.Mačuha, Zemianstvo na Slovensku v novoveku II, Martin 2010, p. 66.
Higher education in Trnava after 1777
Royal academy („semi-university“) 1777-1784, then moved to Bratislava
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1959/60 The Insitute of Pedagogy, transformed 1.9.1964 into Faculty of Pedagogy of Comenius University
1.1.1986 The Faculty of Engineering and Technology of Slovak University of Technology => 1991 Faculty of Material Science and Technology of Slovak University of Technology
1992 The Trnava University
1997 The University of Ss Cyrill and Methodius