The Academy of Sedan ( Fr.: ''Académie de Sedan'') was a

Huguenot The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...

academy in Sedan in the

Principality of Sedan The Principality of Sedan ( French: ''Principauté de Sedan'') was an independent Protestant state centered on the Château de Sedan (now the city of Sedan) in the Ardennes. It was ruled by the Prince of Sedan ( French: ''Prince de Sedan'') ...

, founded in 1579 and suppressed in 1681. It was one of the main centres for the production of

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

pastors in France for a hundred years.

History

The Academy of Sedan was modeled on the Academy of Geneva (which is today the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

), which was founded by

John Calvin John Calvin (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of C ...

in 1559. It was organized by the efforts of Françoise de Bourbon-Vendôme, Princess of Sedan, daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and wife of Henri-Robert de La Marck, Prince of Sedan (the first Prince of Sedan) in 1579. It was initially known as the College of Sedan (''Collège de Sedan''). In 1601, the National Synod of the

Reformed Church of France The Reformed Church of France (, ERF) was the main Protestant denomination in France with a Calvinist orientation that could be traced back directly to John Calvin. In 2013, the Church merged with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in France to ...

, meeting in Jargeau, voted to transform the College of Sedan into its Academy for the training of pastors. The Academy of Sedan was suppressed in 1681 as part of

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

's anti-Protestant measures that would climax in the 1685

Edict of Fontainebleau The Edict of Fontainebleau (18 October 1685, published 22 October 1685) was an edict issued by French King Louis XIV and is also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted Huguenots the right to prac ...

Famous Professors

Before the Organization of the Academy

* Mathieu Béroalde, professor of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

, 1573–74 * Louis Cappel de Montgemberg, professor of

Theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

, 1576 *

Immanuel Tremellius Immanuel Tremellius (; 1510 – 9 October 1580) was an Italian Jewish convert to Christianity. He was known as a leading Hebraist and Bible translator. Life He was born at Ferrara and educated at the University of Padua. He was converted about ...

, professor of Hebrew, 1576–79 * Austrius Calabrinus, professor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, 1579 * Jacques Cappel, professor of Hebrew, 1594 * Moïse Quadratus, professor of

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

, 1594 * Robert de Visme, professor of philosophy, 1594 * Giulio Pace, professor of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

, 1595

Professors of Law (one chair)

* Augustin Caillet, 1608–24 * Charles Bordelius, 1624–30 * Jean Daubert, 1630–44 * Claude Pithoys, 1663 * J. J. Burkhart, 1673–75 * Pierre Billot, 1675

Professors of Greek (one or two chairs depending on the time)

* Toussaint Berchet, 1602-24 (Berchet played a large role in the organization of the Academy in 1601) * Didier Héraut, 1602 * Gautier Donaldson, 1603–09 * Samuel Néran, 1608–11 * Jacob Roussel, 1614 * Jean Brazi, 1629–51 * José Le Vasseur, 1646–71 * Jacques Du Rondel, 1654

Professors of Hebrew (one chair)

* Jacques Cappel, 1602–24 * Jean Huttenius, 1613 * Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43 * Abraham Rambour, 1620–51 * Josué Levasseur, 1646–61 * Abraham Colvill, 1661–67 * Pierre Jurieu, 1674–81

Professors of Theology (three chairs)

* Daniel Tilenus, 1602–19 * Jacques Cappel, 1602–24 * Aaron Blondel, 1603–05 * André Melvin, 1611–19 * Abraham Rambour, 1620–54 *

Pierre Du Moulin Pierre Du Moulin ( Latinized as Petrus Molinaeus; 16 October 1568 – 10 March 1658) was a Huguenot minister in France who also resided in England for some years. Life Born in Buhy in 1568, he was the son of Joachim Du Moulin, a Protestant mini ...

, 1621–58 * Samuel Maresius, 1625–36 * Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43 *

Louis Cappel Louis Cappel (15 October 1585 – 18 June 1658) was a French Protestant churchman and scholar. A Huguenot, he was born at St Elier, near Sedan. He studied theology at the Academy of Sedan and the Academy of Saumur, and Arabic at the Universit ...

, 1633–58 * Le Blanc de Beaulieu, 1645–75 * Abraham Colvill, 1658–67 * José Le Vasseur, 1646–71 * Alpée de Saint-Maurice, 1660–81 * Paul Joly, 1673–76 * Henri Sacrelaire, 1676–81 * Pierre Jurieu, 1673–81 * Pierre Trouillard, 1676–80 * Jakob Abbadie, 1680–81

Professors of Philosophy (two chairs)

* John Cameron, 1602–04 * Arthur Johnston, 1606–23 * Claude Pithoys, 1633–75 * Joseph Pithoys, 1655 * Adam Steuart, 1622–28 * P. Bisterfeld, 1624–26 * Alexandre Colvill, 1627–46 * Étienne Brazi, 1661–81 * Pierre Jurieu, 1671–81 *

Pierre Bayle Pierre Bayle (; 18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. He is best known for his '' Historical and Critical Dictionary'', whose publication began in 1697. Many of the more controversial ideas ...

, 1675–81

Professors of Rhetoric (
Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
) (one chair)

* Jean Brazi, 1664 * Jacques Du Rondel, 1664–81

Professors of Mathematics (one chair)

* Jean de Vesle, 1605 * Richard Doussert, 1613 * Abraham Colvill, 1661–67

Professors of Physics (one chair)

* Gautier Donaldson, 1608 * Abraham Du Han, 1640–53 * Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43

Directors of Military Exercises

* De Saint-Martin 1613 * Du Gast 1680 * Baron 1681 * Legrand 1681-1685 * also influential was the engineer Jean Errard, who taught in the military academy

Famous Alumni

* Nicolas Antoine * Jacques Basnages *

Samuel Bochart Samuel Bochart (30 May 1599 – 16 May 1667) was a French Protestant biblical scholar, a student of Thomas Erpenius and the teacher of Pierre Daniel Huet. His two-volume (Caen 1646) exerted a profound influence on seventeenth-century Biblical e ...

Abraham de Moivre Abraham de Moivre FRS (; 26 May 166727 November 1754) was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He move ...

* Charles Drelincourt * Nicasius le Febure * Jacques Le Paulmier de Grentemesnil * Jacques Moisant de Brieux *

Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (6 October 161017 November 1690), was a French soldier and, from 1668 to 1680, the governor of the dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France. Biography Charles was born on 6 October ...

* Pierre Du Prat * Simon Gaschier * the nephews of

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623), duc de Bouillon (''jure uxoris''), was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France. He was a prominent Huguenot figure. Bio ...

and

Countess Elisabeth of Nassau Countess Elisabeth of Nassau (''Elisabeth Flandrika'') (Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg, 26 April 1577 – Sedan, France, Sedan, 3 September 1642) was the second daughter of prince William the Silent, William of Orange and his third spouse Charlo ...

: **the sons of

Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (31 March 1576 in Delft – 15 March 1644 in Königsberg) was a countess consort of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and took part in the regency government of her son between 1610 and 1 ...

Frederick V, Elector Palatine Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = * Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria fro ...

and his younger brother Ludwig Philipp of Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern **the son of John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen:

William, Count of Nassau-Siegen William, Count of Nassau-Siegen (13 August 1592 – 17 July 1642), , official titles: ''Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein'', was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau from 1624 t ...

* Joachim Sigismund of Brandenburg, son of

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg John Sigismund (; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Al ...

References

* Charles Peyran, ''Histoire de l'ancienne Académie réformée de Sedan'', thèse présentée à la faculté de théologie protestante, 22 juin 1846, Strasbourg : Veuve Berger-Levrault, 184

58 p. * ''Extraits de la Chronique du Père Norbert concernant le Collège de Sedan'', dans ''Revue historiques des Ardennes'', Mézières (Ardennes), Mézières : Edmond Sénemaud/impr. F. Dervin, 1867, vol.5, pp. 39–6

puis pp. 166–18

* Pierre-Daniel Bourchenin,'' Étude sur les académies protestantes en France au XVIe et au XVIIe siècle'' (Paris: Grassart, 1882). * Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, ''Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siècles d’histoire'' (Paris: Guénégaud, 1969; Marseille: Laffitte Reprints, 1978) ''This article was based on :fr:Académie de Sedan, this article on

French Wikipedia The French Wikipedia () is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia. It has :fr:Special:Statistics, encyclopedia artic ...

.'' {{Authority control Educational institutions established in the 1600s Reformed church seminaries and theological colleges Defunct universities and colleges in France 1601 establishments in France 1681 disestablishments in Europe