Seeing the benefit of presenting a united front against the Reformers, the Catholic universities of Cologne (Germany), Louvain (Belgium), and Paris had earlier agreed to collaborate in the censorship of unorthodox teachings.
फ्रांसिस I ने पुनर्जागरण अध्ययनों में अत्यधिक दिलचस्पी दिखायी, ख़ासकर अपने राजकीय मुद्रक के कार्य में ।