DaLeT: Database of the Leuven Trilingue

The Database of the Leuven Trilingue (DaLeT), is the first database devoted to an early modern trilingual institute, the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense, or the Three-Language College in Leuven, where one could study the three so-called sacred languages Latin, Greek, and Hebrew for free. The Trilingue was also known as the Collegium Buslidianum, or Busleyden College, named after its material founder Jerome of Busleyden (ca. 1470-1517), a prominent diplomat with humanist interests and many important connections throughout Habsburg Europe. The brainchild of Desiderius Erasmus, the institute existed from 1517 until 1797, when it was dissolved in the wake of the French revolution and the annexation of most parts of present-day Belgium by France. The Trilingue was most influential during its acme in the 16th century, especially the years 1517-1578, when it educated numerous prominent scholars, scientists, and politicians. DaLeT focuses on the teaching practices in this early period of the college, after which Leuven intellectual life became seriously upset by the Eighty Years’ War and other dire circumstances such as the plague.

Publication year:2021

Accessibility:open

Publisher:DaLeT

License:CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Format:csv

Keywords: Book history, Collegium Trilingue, Erasmus, Greek, Hebrew, Humanism, Institutional history, Latin, Leuven, Pedagogical history, Renaissance, Student notes