University of Altdorf
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The University of Altdorf (German: Universität Altdorf) was a university in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a small town outside the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was founded in 1578[1] and received university privileges in 1622 and was closed in 1809 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.
History
In the period 1614–1618,Altdorf was briefly the centre of
Notable instructors include Hugues Doneau, Scipione Gentili, and Daniel Schwenter.
Notable students include later imperial field marshals Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634) and Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim (1594–1632); Generalfeldwachtmeister Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch (1595–1635);[4] the polymath Johann Schreck (1576–1630); the composers Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712) and Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706); and the theologian David Caspari (1648–1702).
The
See also
Notes
- ^ Moran, Bruce. The Universe of Philip Melanchthon: Criticism and Use of the Copernican Theory, 1973, p. 1.
- ^ "Kryptosozinianismus und Altdorf" in Siegfried Wollgast, Philosophie in Deutschland zwischen Reformation und Aufklärung, 1550-1650, 1993, p. 378 et seq.
- ^ The Polish Review, Volume 11, 1966, p. 33.
- ^ Krebs 1885, pp. 541–542.
References
- Julius Krebs (1890), "Schaffgotsch, Hans Ulrich Freiherr von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 30, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 541–545
- Moran, Bruce T., The Universe of Philip Melanchthon: Criticism and Use of the Copernican Theory, Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 4(1), 1973., pp. 1–23.