Philipp Andreas Oldenburger

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Philipp Andreas Oldenburger (* around 1620 in the Duchy of Celle (?); † 1678 in Geneva ) was a German legal scholar .

Live and act

Philipp Andreas Oldenburger studied law at the University of Helmstedt ; Hermann Conring was one of his academic teachers . After completing his studies, he was offered a professorship in law at the University of Geneva .

Oldenburger achieved contemporary notoriety with a broader audience with his book "Constantini Germanici ...", published in 1669, in which he described intimate details from life at German royal courts. The book was confiscated in many principalities and nevertheless became widely used in secret. Oldenburger itself was exposed to sharp criticism from aristocratic circles. According to tradition, he is said to have been "physically abused by a prince whose love affairs he had chatted to force him to devour two sheets of his writing."

In legal circles, Oldenburger was considered controversial. Among other things, he was accused of plagiarism . His former teacher Hermann Conring reprimanded him because he published his college notebook on national studies against Conring's express will and provided his own comments.

Works (selection)

  • Notitia Rerum Illustrium Imperii Romano-Germanici sive Discursus-Juridico-Politico-Historici ad Instrumentum Pacis Osnaburgo-Monasteriensis etc. 1668
  • Constantini Germanici ad Justum Sincerum Epistola politica de Peregrationibus recte et rite instituendis, in qua etc. 1669
  • Manuals Principum Christianorum. 1672
  • Thesaurus rerum publicarum totius orbis quadripertitus. 1675
  • Discursus historico-politici de rebus publicis turbidis in tranquillum statum reducendis. 1677

literature

  • Peter Oestmann: Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Joachim Rückert, Jürgen Vortmann: Lower Saxony lawyers . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3525182414 , p. 395
  • Wolfgang Lent: Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 537
  • Nathan Goldschlag:  Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 261-263.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted from: Nathan Goldschlag:  Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 261-263.
  2. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 537; Nathan Goldschlag:  Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 261-263.
personal data
SURNAME Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burgold, Philipp Andreas; Burgoldensis, Philippus Andreas; Franciscus Irenicus (pseudonym); Friedberg, Warmundus von (pseudonym); Irenicus, Franciscus (pseudonym); Lapide, ... a (pseudonym); Lapide, Pacificus a (pseudonym); Ludovicus Veronensis (pseudonym); Pacificus a Lapide (pseudonym); Veronensis, Ludovicus (pseudonym); Burgoldensis, Philippus-Andreas; Oldenburger, Philip Andreas; Oldenbürger, Philipp Andreas; Oldenbürger, Philippus Andreas; Oldenburgerus, Philippus Andreas; Constantinus (pseudonym); Germanicus, Constantinus (pseudonym); Francimont, Theophilus F. de (pseudonym); Francimont, Theophilus Franciscus Conradus Andreas Victorinus Fridericus de (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH around 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Duchy of Celle
DATE OF DEATH 1678
Place of death Geneva