1290 Institution

University of Coimbra

Name: University of Coimbra
Start: 1290

Founded by King Dinis, it transmits canon and Roman law to the whole Lusophone world.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1290 — the context national timelines leave out.

1 year later Federal Charter Switzerland
7 years later Capture of the rock Monaco
12 years earlier First paréage Andorra
12 years earlier Rise of the Habsburgs Austria
8 years earlier Riga joins the Hanse Latvia
12 years later Battle of the Golden Spurs Belgium

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

High and Late Middle Ages 1000 – 1453 Towns, universities, cathedrals, plague and long wars.

Countries involved

Portugal

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What was written of it

Before 1914, the earth belonged to all. Everyone went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits and no authorisations.

Stefan Zweig 1942

The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

Translated by the site, not by the author.