De verloren strijd voor één universiteit in België, 1814-1835

Pieter Dhondt, The lost campaign for one single university in Belgium, 1814-1835 After the defeat of Napoleon and the disappearance of the existing institutions for higher education, the struggle for a university flared up between a number of Belgian cities. Countless pamphlets were published in quick succession; many defended the establishment of one single university, others argued that several institutions should be set up. All of them supported the idea of a university in their own city. Few people were satisfied with the autocratic decision of Wilhelm I in 1816 to establish three state un... Mehr ...