Albert Engelschalk

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Albert Engelschalk (also Albert Engelschalk von Straubing ; Czech Albert Engelschalk ze Straubingu ; Latin Albertus Engelschalk de Straubing ; * around 1353 in Straubing ; † around 1430) worked as a master of the arts faculty and the theological faculty at Prague's Charles University , whose rector he became in 1392 / 93 was. In 1403 he moved to the University of Vienna . He also wrote several theological and homiletic writings.

Life

Albert Engelschalk, who came from Straubing in Bavaria , studied at the Charles University in Prague, where he was a student of the theologian Konrad von Soltau . After obtaining the academic degree of a master's degree in liberal arts , he studied theology. Probably from 1387 he taught at the artist faculty as well as at the theological faculty, where he was twice elected dean. When there was a dispute in 1390 about the award of the twelfth position at the Prague Collegium Carolinum, for which the Magister Konrad von Beneschau ( Konrad z Benešova ) had been elected, Albert Engelschalk as representative of the Bavarian nation and Bartholomäus von Torgelow as representative of the Polish Nation appointed as arbitrators. The cause of the dispute was an objection by Provost Stephan von Kolin and Magister Przibislaus von Jesenik, who were of the opinion that Konrad von Beneschau should not be added to the Bohemian nation after his place of birth.

In the academic year 1392/93 Albert Engelschalk held the office of rector of the Charles University and became a member of a commission that should achieve the strengthening of university privileges. It also included Matthäus von Krakau , Nikolaus Magni von Jauer , Nikolaus von Leitomischl and Matthias von Liegnitz .

Presumably because of the disputes at the university, in which in addition to the reform movement of Jan Hus also the conflicts between the Bohemian and university members of other nations played a role, Albert Engelschalk left Prague in 1403 and went to the University of Vienna, where he became one of the leading teachers.

In his writing, Albert Engelschalk wrote collections of sermons and commentaries for teaching at the university. The Speculum areum ascribed to him until recently is probably not his. Today it is attributed to the Bishop of Poznan or Kraków, Petrus Wysz von Radolin .

Works (selection)

  • Lectura evangeliorum de tempore et de sanctis
  • Lectura super epistolas dominicales

literature

  • Jana Nechutová: The Latin Literature of the Middle Ages in Bohemia. Böhlau, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-20070-1 , p. 276.
  • Gustav Sommerfeld: Matthäus von Krakau and Albert Engelschalk. On the source study of the later Middle Ages. In: Messages of the Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia. Vol. 43, 1905, pp. 193-207.
  • Wolfgang Eric Wagner: University Foundation and College in Prague, Vienna and Heidelberg. Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-05-003428-9 , pp. 78, 429.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winfried Eberhard: Church reform impulses of the 14./15. Century in East Central Europe . Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar 2006, ISBN 3-412-26105-X , p. 32 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Famous Straubinger . straubing.de. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ Před Bouří: Zlatá 90. Léta 14. Století ( Czech ) is.muni.cz. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Engelschalk, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelschalk from Straubing, Albert; Engelschalk ze Straubingu, Albert; Engelschalk de Straubing, Albertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, professor at the Universities of Prague and Vienna, Rector of Charles University in 1392/93
DATE OF BIRTH around 1353
PLACE OF BIRTH Straubing
DATE OF DEATH around 1430