El Colegio de Navarra en París [The College of Navarre in Paris]

Abstract

Joanna I, Queen of Navarre and Queen consort of France, in her will dated March 25, 1305, founded the College of Navarre in Paris. It soon became the most important and influential school, recognized throughout Europe as an intellectual core of exceptional quality. The excellent library brought together over three or four decades contributed decisively, among other causes. The high recognition that the College of Navarre obtained over time was due to the original and innovative ideas of its founder as much as to its ability to follow the developments in education. With the French Revolution the operation of the College was suspended. After various vicissitudes the college was reorganized in 1817 and in 1970 was converted into an institution of higher education and research, committed to a culture of scientific excellence in the framework of a firm humanistic tradition.