. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . xistence of the University of Louvain. Theobject of establishing this studium generatewas to provide a place where scholars mightacquire the learned professions at home in- Vinchant, iv., p. in; Houart—Historie ecclesiastique etprofainede Hainaut, ii., p. 252—discredits the details of Johns death as givenby Dynter and others and is inclined to believe that he died from excessand
. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . xistence of the University of Louvain. Theobject of establishing this studium generatewas to provide a place where scholars mightacquire the learned professions at home in- Vinchant, iv., p. in; Houart—Historie ecclesiastique etprofainede Hainaut, ii., p. 252—discredits the details of Johns death as givenby Dynter and others and is inclined to believe that he died from excessand dissipation. As usual in sudden death, poison was suspected. ^ Author of Brabantsche Yeesten, vii., chap. 149. ^Dynter, vi., cap. 223. See Papal Bull, Vinchant, vi,, p. 164. ^be Counteee flDiHtant 187 stead of wandering abroad to Paris andelsewhere. Several cities of Brabant de-clined the honour as they feared the unruli-ness of a student body. Louvain had lostprestige in manufacture and was glad tooffer inducements to a new class of peopleto come to settle within its walls. MartinV accorded the same privileges to the newinstitution as were enjoyed by the universi-ties of Padua, of Leipsic, and of CHAPTER XIIThe Lost Cause 1428 A FTER the death of Jacquelines titular^^ husband, in whose name the Dukeof Burgundy was acting as lieutenant, thequestion of the latters status in Holland,Zealand, and Hainaut became by the technical difficulties,however, Philip held his ground manfully,and declared that Jacqueline was a poor un-protected widow in her hereditary lands,and that he would kindly continue to ad-minister affairs in her behalf. In Hainaut he hastened to convene theEstates, and found great readiness on theirpart to entrust the administration of thegovernment to him, the nearest kinsman ofthe hereditary lady. On June 22d and 23d Zbc %OBt Cmec 189 he exchanged oaths with his new subjectsand a charter was duly signed/ The cere-mony of homage t
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