Title: Universitas Ferdinandea
Description: Facsimile reproduction of a privilegium issued by Matthias Hapsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, on 27 August 1616, confirming the privileges of the Jesuit colleges housed in the Klementinum and granting them the right to function as a studium generale, accompanied by a Czech translation and brief interpretative essays about the context of the privilegium.
Subjects: Jesuit universities and colleges, Higher Education, Academic freedom, Sources, History, Univerzita Karlova, Jesuits, Národní archiv v Praze
Places: Klementinum (Prague, Czech Republic), Czech Republic, Prague, Holy Roman Empire
Time periods: 17th century