Université Catholic de Louvain (English name)

Japanese: Université Catholique de Louvain(英語表記)UniversiteCatholiquedeLouvain
Université Catholic de Louvain (English name)

…The oldest and most important Catholic university in Belgium. It is the collective name for the Dutch-language university Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (27,000 students) in Leuven and the French-language university Université Catholique de Louvain (20,000 students) in the vicinity. Founded in 1425 at the initiative of Jan IV, Duke of Brabant, with papal approval and privileges from the city authorities, it developed into the only university in the wealthy Netherlands at the time. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it gained a leading position in Europe, with such famous teachers as Erasmus, Lipsius, Mercator, and Janssen, and became a base for Catholic thought. …

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Japanese:

…ベルギーで最も古く,有力なカトリック大学。ルーバン所在のオランダ語による大学Katholieke Universiteit Leuven(学生数2万7000)と近郊のフランス語による大学Université Catholique de Louvain(学生数2万)との総称。1425年,ブラバント公ヤン4世Jan IVの発意,教皇文書による認可,市当局からの特権賦与によって設立され,当時富裕を誇ったネーデルラント唯一の大学として発展し,16~17世紀にはエラスムス,リプシウスJ.Lipsius,メルカトル,ヤンセンなどの著名な教師を擁して,ヨーロッパでも有数の地位を獲得し,カトリック思想の一つの拠点となった。…

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