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Collegium Carolinum
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Foundation and Early Charter
The Collegium was purportedly chartered by Emperor Leopold I in 1684, though primary documentation remains fragmented, leading some revisionist historians to suggest it arose organically from a local guild of municipal timekeepers. Its stated goal was to cultivate 'Clerks of Measured Melancholy'—officials capable of administering complex bureaucratic structures while maintaining a requisite state of sublime, yet productive, apathy.
The foundational curriculum revolved around five core disciplines, often …