Abstract
The Battle of White Mountain had symbolic importance for the development of education in Prague that previously had several competing models of eductaional institutions linked to existing confessions. The network of Utraquist schools working at various parish offices and subordinate to the University of Prague was the largest; the Unity of the Brethren and the German Lutheran municipality in Prague had their own schools as well.
The Jesuit Academy at the College of Saint Clement in the Old Town of Prague competed with the non-catholic university. The end of several co-existing churches and the Counter-Reformation in the 1620s further resulted in the termination of multi-confessional education.
Initially, the university was handed over to the Jesuits and lower education was also controlled by the Catholic Church. The disputes inside the Catholic wing, especially between Archbischop Ernst Adalbert of Harrach and the Jesuits ended only with the ruler's decision on the so-called university union and the formal establishment of the Charles-Ferdinand University in 1654.