Desafíos (Apr 2010)
La primera universidad del Caribe colombiano. Un modelo ilustrado para América colonial
Abstract
This work analyzes the organization and the approval of the school-University of Saint Peter Apostle by Royal Order in 1806 in the Ville of Mompox. It will demostrate how that institution presents the characteristic of having an Enlightered Constitution, made by Eloy Valenzuela. On the other hand, the approval, by the King the new school-university depended on the political influence of Dn. Pedro Pinillos and the money gave to the Spanish crown. This paper is based on the method of social history of education, it is documented in primary sources of the Archivo General de la Nación in Colombia and the Archivo General de Indias.