A Studium Generale (as Universities are known …

Years: 1293 - 1293

A Studium Generale (as Universities are known at this time) in Alcala de Henares is founded by the Archbishop of Toledo, Gonzalo Garcia Gudiel, under a Royal Charter granted by King Sancho IV of Castile on May 20, 1293.

This is the nucleus of today’s Complutense University of Madrid.

One of its alumni, Cardinal Cisneros, will make extensive purchases of land and order the construction of many buildings, in what will become the first university campus ex-novo in history: the Civitas Dei, or city of God, named after the work of Agustine of Hippo.

 

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