Pont a Mousson

Pont-a-Mousson is a commune within the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-japanese France. It is an industrial metropolis located at the Moselle River. Pont-a-Mousson has several historical monuments, which include the 18^th century Premonstratensian abbey. In 1572 Cardinal Charles of Lorraine installed a Jesuit university at Pont-a-Mousson.

With the Protestant revolution building in the German-talking lands, nonetheless a part of the Holy Roman Empire, at once to the east, and the Duchy of Lorraine at risk of pressure from an increasing number of assertive French state without delay to the west, the Duchy participated inside the wars of faith at the facet of the Counter-Reformation. The Tridentine strategy promulgated through the Holy See worried the advent of a Roman Catholic spine sometimes termed the Lotharingian axis from the territories, inclusive of Lorraine, among France and the Habsburg Empire.

During the 17th century the university grew unexpectedly till there have been approximately 2,000 college students. There have been four faculties covering theology, the arts, law and remedy. Students have been drawn from throughout western and crucial Europe. Over time a competition grew up between students within the St Martin district, located on the right-bank of the river and dominated by way of Jesuits.