Louvain Scholars on the Move: Networks and Mobility Patterns at the Early University of Louvain. An Analysis of Academic Mobility (1425–1797)

De la Croix, David;Vitale, Mara
(2026) Students, Scholars and Their Books at the University of Louvain (1425–1797) : Studium Lovaniense: Learning across Borders, 1 — ISBN: [978-2-503-61818-0], published

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Using the Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae, this article examines the mobility of professors affiliated with the University of Louvain from its foundation in 1425 to its dissolution in 1797. Combining prosopography, human-capital measurement, and network analysis, it traces Louvain’s links with Cologne, Paris, Douai, Oxford, Rome, Leiden, and Brussels. The results show that Louvain initially functioned as a European hub for scholarly circulation, attracting and exporting prominent theologians, jurists, humanists, and scientists. Over time, however, mobility declined, connections narrowed, and the university became increasingly local, signaling its gradual loss of centrality in Europe’s intellectual landscape.
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De la Croix, D., & Vitale, M. (2026). Louvain Scholars on the Move: Networks and Mobility Patterns at the Early University of Louvain. An Analysis of Academic Mobility (1425–1797). In Violet Soen, Wouter Druwé, Wim François, Ralph Dekoninck (ed.), Students, Scholars and Their Books at the University of Louvain (1425–1797) : Studium Lovaniense: Learning across Borders, 1. Brepols. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/277010