Riformatori dello studio di Padova

[1] Classes were suspended in 1509 and the teachers and students dispersed as a result of the War of the League of Cambrai when Padua was briefly conquered by the troops of the Holy Roman Empire before being retaken by Venice.

[2] In 1553, a deliberation of the Senate divided the senatorial magistracies between aperte (open) and serrate (closed); members of the latter could not be elected to an alternative office prior to the completion of their term.

With the exception of religious seminaries and the military college of Verona, all private and public schools within the territory of the Republic of Venice came under their jurisdiction, as did all scientific, literary, and artistic academies.

[9] With regard to the official state historian, the riformatori were required to review his progress every two years and present their findings to the three chiefs of the Council of Ten who were ultimately responsible for determining the suitability of the writings.

[10] As a senatorial magistracy, the riformatori dello studio di Padova had the right to propose legislation in the Senate concerning those matters that fell under their purview.

But they did not have authority to independently judge cases involving the transgression of the laws and norms that regulated educational matters and academic life.