Hermann von dem Busche

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Hermann von dem Busch (e) , also Hermannus Buschius, πασίφιλος - Pasiphilus, Westphalus (* 1468 in Sassenberg ; † April 1534 in Dülmen ) was a German humanist.

Life

Coming from a noble family, von dem Busche devoted himself to the study of science and came to Rudolf von Langen in Münster in his youth . This promoted him and with his help he entered the school of Alexander Hegius in Deventer . In 1487 he moved to Heidelberg to study with Rudolf Agricola . When he died, he moved to Tübingen and soon afterwards to Italy, where he stayed with von Langen for five years until 1491. In Italy he achieved a high level of knowledge, attached particular importance to the Latin language and wrote two epigrammatic books there.

Langen tried to get von dem Busche a permanent position at the court of the bishop of Munster Heinrich von Schwarzburg . However, he wanted to continue his studies. He traveled to Paris and in 1494 turned to the old University of Cologne , where he taught humaniora and devoted himself to studying law. Rejected from studying law, he went on a journey to spread his humanistic teachings. He visited Hamm, Münster, Osnabrück , Bremen , Hamburg , Lübeck Wismar and probably also the University of Bologna in 1495 . However, his ideas should also find their way into the universities. That is why he went to the University of Rostock in 1501 , where he was met with some displeasure because of his new teaching. After a short stay at the University of Greifswald , he went to the then newly founded University of Wittenberg in 1502 , where he took on the editing of rhetoric and poetics and gave the opening speech.

However, he did not stay here for long either and in the summer of 1503 went to the University of Leipzig , where he became a professor of poetics and rhetoric. He continued his studies and obtained the degree of Baccalaureus legum. During his time in Leipzig he wrote poetry and published a book. In 1506 he left Leipzig and communicated with the Erfurt humanist group around Mutianus Rufus . In 1507 he returned to Cologne. There he quarreled with the Dominicans, who were hostile to humanists, and sided with Reuchlin in the dispute between Johannes Reuchlin and Johannes Pfefferkorn through his involvement in the letters of the dark men . Also in literary terms he was polemically active against the scholastic forms of teaching. As a supporter of Reuchlin and Erasmus von Rotterdam , he soon became untenable in Cologne, so that he went to Wesel via Emmerich in 1516 as headmaster of the Latin school - probably through the mediation of Hermann von Neuenahr .

When Martin Luther published his 95 theses , Busche was on his side. In 1523 he received an offer from Heidelberg University, which he followed. He followed another call to the University of Marburg in 1527 and, as a follower of Luther, took part in a religious talk in Münster. In addition to his poems and epigrams, Von dem Busche also published writings related to his academic teaching.

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  1. ↑ Die Büsche are a Lower Saxon (Schaumburg) noble family that died out in Hessisch Oldendorf in 1565 with Hermann's fourth cousin Klaus Büsche , neither of the same tribe nor coat of arms with the Lower Saxon (Osnabrück) lords of the Bussche , lit .: Werner Konstantin von Arnswaldt: Die Büschen in the Grafschaft Schaumburg , in: Vierteljahresschrift f. Coat of arms, seal, family history, 44, 1916, 226-32; Johannes Meyer: The bushes in the Schaumburg , in: FamgBll 39, 1941, 29-31
personal data
SURNAME Busche, Hermann von dem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buschius, Hermannus; Pasiphilus; Westphalus; Busch, Hermann von dem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German humanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1468
PLACE OF BIRTH Sassenberg
DATE OF DEATH April 1534
Place of death Dülmen