Eberhard Bronchorst

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Eberhard Bronchorst

Eberhard Bronchorst also: Everard van Bronkhorst, Brunckost, Brunchorff ; (* March 27, 1554 in Deventer ; † May 27, 1627 in Leiden ) was a Dutch legal scholar.

Life

The son of Johannes van Bronchorst and his wife Clara de Coster had received their first training at the Latin school in his hometown. His father accepted the reformed faith and therefore had to flee to Cologne with his family in 1569. Bronchorst completed his first law studies at the University of Cologne . He continued his studies on April 16, 1577 at the University of Marburg , in the winter semester of 1577 at the University of Erfurt and in October 1578 at the University of Wittenberg . He attended lectures by Valentin Forster , Nicolaus Vigelius (1529–1600) and Matthias Wesenbeck .

From there he went to the University of Basel , where he attended lectures by Samuel Grynäus (1539–1599) and Franz Hottomann (1524–1590) and received his doctorate in law on August 17, 1579. Then he was a lecturer in Wittenberg for a year and, from 1581, professor in Erfurt for two years. He then returned to Deventer in 1583, where he served as a city councilor and in 1586 as mayor. After he was betrayed to the Spaniards in 1587, he had to flee to Leiden from the troops of Duke Alba . Here he was appointed to succeed Hugo Donellus and took up this position on July 10, 1587 with the speech de Studio juris recte instituendo .

His name attracted a large number of foreign students to Leiden. In 1597 an attempt was made to win him over to the University of Franeker , but he stayed in Leiden, where he promoted the teaching of his students with a large number of disputations. After being on the nomination list several times, he was given the honorable task of rector of the alma mater in 1604 . From 1620 he was increasingly plagued by health restrictions, as he fell into melancolia and could only work as an honorary professor. In 1621 he had to stop his activities completely. He dedicated the last years of his life to ancient literature and history. Petrus Cunaeus (1586–1638) gave his funeral oration .

Eberhard Bronchorst was married to Adelheid van Middelburch, the daughter of the mayor of Zwolle, Gerard van Middelburch. Several children were born from the marriage. His son Gerhard received a doctorate in law and became a lawyer. His son Johannes is also known. Bronckhorst did not set up a special law school. His most important students were Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg (1574-1630) and Cornelis van Pijnacker (1570-1645).

Works (selection)

  • Ἐναντιοφανῶν Centuriae duae, juxta seriem Pandectarum dispositae, et Concilationibus earundem. Leiden 1595, with Centuria III et IV Hannover 1607, all together also under the title de Privilegiis studiosorum. Harderwijk 1653
  • Controversiarum Juris, centuriae duae. Leiden 1602, 1610; Hanover 1615
  • Ἐναντιοφανῶν Centuriae sex, et Conciliationes earundem; ab ipso Authore recognitae et amplius quam tertia parte auctae et locupletatae; accessit brevis tractatus de Privilegiis Studiosorum. Professorum et Doctorum, eodem Authore. Leiden 1621 editio nova prioribus emendatior, cui accedit Viri Clarissimi Petri Cunaei Oratio funebris de vita et morte Auctoris. Frankfurt 1695
  • In Titulum Digestorum de diversis Regulis Juris antiqui Enarrationes. Frankfurt 1607, Amsterdam 1686
  • Methodus Feudorum, cui adjectae sunt Orationes duae, una de studio Juris instituendo, altera de laudibus Juris prudentiae. Leiden 1613 ( online ), Utrecht 1652, Amsterdam 1695
  • Aphorismi Politici et Militares ex diversis Authoribus Graecis et Latinis per Lambertum Danaeum collecti, from Everhardo Bronckhorst exemplis illustrati. Leiden 1623 as Quibus in hac Editione accessere sexcenta fere alia ex recentioribus Historiographis Germanis, Gallis etc. excerpta. Suffering 1638

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JC Hermann Weissenborn: Acts of the Erfurt University. Verlag Otto Hendel, Halle, 1884, Part II, p. 439, column 13
  2. ^ Album Academiae Vitebergensis Volume Secundum. Halle (Saale) 1894, p. 277, column b, line 26
personal data
SURNAME Bronchorst, Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bronkhorst, Everard van; Brunckost, Everard van; Brunchorff, Everard van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH Deventer
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1627
Place of death Suffer