Editing Uppsala University (section)

===15th century: Origins===
As with most medieval universities, Uppsala University initially grew out of an ecclesiastical centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UU |first=Webbredaktionen |title=History – Uppsala University, Sweden |url=https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/history/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=www.uu.se |language=en}}</ref> The [[archbishop of Uppsala]] had been one of the most important [[Episcopal See|sees]] in [[Sweden proper]] since Christianity first spread to this region in the ninth century. Uppsala had also long been a hub for regional trade and had contained settlements dating back into the deep [[Middle Ages]]. As was also the case with most medieval universities, Uppsala had initially been chartered through a [[papal bull]]. Uppsala's bull, which granted the university its corporate rights, was issued by [[Pope Sixtus IV]] in 1477 and established several provisions. Among the most important of these was that the university was officially given the same freedoms and privileges as the [[University of Bologna]]. This included the right to establish the four traditional faculties of [[theology]], law ([[Canon law of the Catholic Church|Canon Law]] and [[Roman law]]), medicine, and philosophy, and to award the bachelor's, master's, licentiate, and doctoral degrees. The archbishop of Uppsala was also named as the university's [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] and was charged with maintaining the rights and privileges of the university and its members.<ref name="Sten Lindroth 1977"/>