Professors and Their Secondary Employment According to the Work Vitae (Lives) by Melchior Adam – Careers Outside University Cover Image

Professoren und ihre Nebentätigkeiten anhand der Viten von Melchior Adam - Karrieren außerhalb der Universität
Professors and Their Secondary Employment According to the Work Vitae (Lives) by Melchior Adam – Careers Outside University

Author(s): Klaus D. Beims
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Melchior Adam; Johannes Bugenhagen; Justus Jonas; David Chytraeus; biographies; early modern period; professorial careers; professors of theology; professors of law; University of Wittenberg; Universi

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the typical course of education, life journeys, and careers of professors of theology and law based on selected Viten (Vitae, biographies) from an early-modern collection of biographies by the Heidelberg historian Melchior Adam (1575–1622), who was originally from Silesia. First and foremost, it attempts to determine the degree to which professors were involved in non-university structures: theologians as priests, superintendents, etc., jurists as princes or town councillors, etc. It also examines the role played by graduation from and study at foreign schools in their future university and other careers.

  • Issue Year: 60/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 257-270
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: German
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