Students from Kosice at the University of Cracow in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries

The focus of this study is the attendance of students from Kosice at Cracow University until the 1520s, that is up to the decade of the Battle of Mohacs and the first contacts with the Reformation in this town. After a brief introduction on the academic peregrination of students from Kosice in general, the community of students who registered in Cracow is analysed, discussing events that influenced their attendan-ce and led to an almost total cessation after 1529. Aspects such as field and duration of study, social status of students and their graduation are examined and commented upon. The article is supplemented by the listing of students from Kosice who matriculated in Cracow. By means of this study, I hope to provide a detailed picture of the academic peregrination of students from one of the most important towns in present day Eastern Slovakia.