New VoxEU column by Prof. David de la Croix and Pauline Morault.
Faculty mobility has been a hallmark of universities since their inception. The connections forged between distant campuses has facilitated the exchange of manuscripts and students, nurturing academic productivity and the spread of ideas. This column surveys the academic landscape in Europe from 1000 to 1793, focusing in particular on how the Protestant Reformation affected the network of universities and their individual importance within that network. The Reformation did less harm to Protestant universities than to Catholic ones, which experienced a reduction in connectivity and subsequent decline in significance.