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60 Profilo storico | Historical Profile
da un colonnello, alla quale erano obbligati a prendere parte, con tanto diploma each year: only twelve and chosen on the base of the moral and
di uniforme, i futuri ingegneri. I matematici puri ne condividevano political conduct. In 1821, in reaction to some student protests, a sover-
le lezioni ma non l’inquadramento marziale. Per l’ammissione degli eign Chirograph set furthermore that the law students were divided in
studenti ai convitti si attuava una selezione basata sulla moralità, sul four “legal boarding schools”: Modena, Reggio, Mirandola and Fanano.
censo e sul merito: nel 1825, su un totale di 45 posti per il primo anno On the other hands, Medicine knew a significant development together
dei convitti legali e di quello medico, furono ammesse soltanto 30 with the scientific-mathematical ambit, in which appeared the grade of
matricole. civil Engineer: in 1816, the laboratory of Materia Medica was instituted,
Il Governo provvisorio sorto dai moti carbonari in 1827 there were the foundations of the zootechnic Museum, for the
del 1831 si pose l’obiettivo di liberare l’Uni- veterinary studies, and of the astronomical Observatory, followed by the
versità – dalla quale provennero volontari per veterinary science Institute in 1842.
la Guardia Civica – dai provvedimenti po- Also the students of the scientific disciplines got a significant framework:
lizieschi di Francesco IV; per l’anno 1831- in 1822, the boarding School for the Medicine and Surgery students
32, la restaurata autorità ducale riammise opened, from which were exempted the young students of Modena stay-
però solamente coloro che avessero potu- ing in family, while in 1823-24 the boarding School of the Cadets added
to presentare un certificato della polizia to Royal Pioneer Corps arose: this was a school of the military Genius
che li dichiarasse estranei alla rivoluzio- directed by a colonel. The coming engineers were forced to take part in
ne. L’anno seguente, il duca condonò la this school, dressing even the uniform. The pure mathematicians shared
sospensione per il coinvolgimento nei the lectures but not the martial framework. For the students admission to
moti a quanti, pur avendo sostenuto la the boarding schools there was a selection based on the morality, census
rivoluzione, non avessero preso parte ai and merit: in 1825, on a total of 45 places for the first year of the legal
combattimenti. and medical boarding schools, only 30 first-year students were admitted.
Francesco IV morì il 21 gennaio 1846. The interim Government arose by the Carbonari uprising of 1831 had
Gli succedette il figlio France- the target to free the University – from which came volunteers for the
sco V, che, in capo a due Civic Guard – from the inquisitorial actions of Francesco IV; for the
anni, dovette lasciare year 1831-32, the restored ducal authority readmitted, however, only the
Modena a causa della persons able to present a police certificate that declared them strangers
rivoluzione del 1848 to the revolution. The following year, the duke remitted the suspension
e della prima guer- for the involvement in the revolts to those, even having supported the
ra d’indipendenza. revolution, didn’t took part in the fights.
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Il duca prese per la Francesco IV died on the 21 of January 1846. His successor was the son
