Ultramontane students in Padua. Before, during, and after

Abstract

After a brief outline of the structure of the Studium Patavinum, the contribution focuses on the characterization of students from beyond the Alps who enrolled in the modern age, considered in the three moments of the formative phase preceding their arrival in Padua (the qualifications with which they arrived at the Studium and their likely expectations related to the Paduan period), of their stay in the city (student life, relationships with compatriots, other linguistic, cultural and confessional communities present at the Studium, teachers, authorities and economic and cultural operators of the city, needs for recognition and protection of their status and their social, economic and educational needs, participation in educational activities, in the ritual moments that marked the beginning and conclusion of academic courses, in the life of the Nationes, in the management of the universitates and in the connected political rituality, obtaining or not a degree and consequent choice and evaluation of the respective ‘channel’ etc.) and of the return to their homeland at the end of their studies (existential and career trajectories, relevance or otherwise of the Paduan experience in their adult life).