Christian Seth

Christian Seth (also: Kristian Sethus, Shet, Sicht ; * Königsberg (Prussia) ; † 1699 in Bischofstein ) was a German lawyer.

Life

Christian Seth was probably the son of the citizen of Königsberg's old town Urban Seth (* May 6, 1599; † July 16, 1644), who married Gertrud, daughter of Johann Ackersdieck, on November 23, 1626. Together with his brother Michael he was matriculated at the University of Königsberg on June 18, 1635 and then studied at various other universities in Germany, Belgium, England and France. He had trained to be a competent lawyer and earned the degree of Doctor of Law. After returning to his Prussian homeland, in 1668 he became an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Königsberg, in 1669 he became a second full professor, associated with the Assessor of the Samland Consistory , and in 1672 the first professor in the Faculty of Law. In this capacity he also took part in the organizational tasks and was rector of the alma mater in the summer semesters of 1671, 1675 and 1679 .

The intrigues that were spun around the theological disputes as part of the syncretistic disputes ensured that Seth laid down his evangelical creed. On 2 August 1681 he performed in the monastery church in Spring Born in the presence of the Prince Bishop Michael Stephan Radziejowski the conversion to the Catholic Church. Since he had lost all offices with his transfer to church, he received seven hooves in Klawsdorf for life on August 20, 1681 . Later he had the farm in Klawsdorf administered by an economist and lived in Rössel , where the citizens elected him to be their master . Since it was difficult for him to support his family, he later moved to Bischofstein, where he held the modest office of city notary. The Bishop of Warmia, Johann Stanislaus Sbaski (also: Jan Stanislaw Zbaski; * 1625; † May 21, 1697) repeatedly consulted him on difficult legal issues.

family

Seth had in 1670 with Anna Katharina (* April 24, 1649; † around 1720), daughter of the pastor of the cathedral and assessor at the Samland consistory M. Jakob Bohlius (1619; † July 28, 1670) and his first wife Anna Maria (* November 10, 1630; † August 28, 1649), daughter of court preacher Levin Pouchenis, married.

There are children from the marriage. One knows

• Johann Christoph Seth (* around 1670) was pastor of Rößel from 1720–1755, and since 1737 canon at the collegiate monastery of St. Salvator in Guttstadt
• Christian Seth (* around 1680; † 1740 in Bischofsheim) married. January 19, 1706 in Roessel with Barbara Seewald, the daughter of a citizen in Roessel
• Theodor Seth (born January 25, 1688 in Klawsdorf, † around 1730 in Mitau)
• Andreas Seth entered the Jesuit order
• Johannes Seth as a resident in Rössel (* around 1690; † around 1750 ibid) married. on August 23, 1722 in Rössel with Katharina (* around 1700; † 1760), the daughter of Nicolaus Schulze in Schnellen

Works

• Diss. Juridica De instantia. Koenigsberg 1667
• Disp. juridica prima, de navi et ejus usu.Königsberg 1669
• Disp. juridica De tutela inculpate. Koenigsberg 1670
• Diss. De jus retractus. Koenigsberg 1671
• Disp. juridica de apostolis. Koenigsberg 1672
• Disp. juridica de emptionis & venditionis contractu. Koenigsberg 1673
• Dissertatio juridica de divisione juris in publicum & privatum. Koenigsberg 1674
• Theses juridicae juris publici universalis et particularis. Koenigsberg 1675

Work appears in the literature, but could not be verified

• Diss. De stipulationibus

literature

• Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 245, 253, 265
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 4, Sp. 634
• Georg Christoph Pisanski: Draft of a Prussian literary history in four books. Hartung Verlag, Königsberg, 1886, pp. 253, 355
• Karl M. Brauer: Inhabitants of the parish Bischofstein in Warmia between 1300 and 1900. Books on Demand GmbH, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8334-1177-9 , p. 249
• Peter-Heinz Seraphim: Seth, (view), Christian. In: Old Prussian biography . Verlag Elwert, 1967, Vol. 2, p. 667

Web link

• Publications by and about Christian Seth in VD 17 .