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Matthew Wesenbeck
Matthew Wesenbeck ( nl, Mattheus van Wesenbeek; french: link=no, Mathieu Wesembeke; lat, Matthaeus Wesenbecius) (25 October 1531 – 5 June 1586) was a Belgian jurist and a student of Gabriel Mudaeus. His Latin surname was also spelled ''Wesembecius'' or ''Vesembecius''. Wesenbeck was a Protestant writer widely known and cited during his time. He taught at Jena and Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri .... Works * ''Paratitla in Pandectarum iuris civilis libros quinquaginta'' (1566) * ''Tractatus et responsa quae vulgo consilia appelantur'' (1576) * ''Tractatus de feudis'' References * * * * * 1531 births 1586 deaths Lawyers of the Habsburg Netherlands {{law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian People
Belgians ( nl, Belgen; french: Belges; german: Belgier) are people identified with the Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, a federation, federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however, belong to two distinct ethnic groups or ''communities'' ( nl, gemeenschap, links=no; french: communauté, links=no) native to the country, i.e. its historical regions: Flemings in Flanders, who speak Dutch language, Dutch; and Walloons in Wallonia, who speak French language, French or Walloon language, Walloon. There is also a substantial Belgian diaspora, which has settled primarily in the Belgian Americans, United States, Belgian Canadians, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Etymology The Belgian Revolution, 1830 revolution led to the establishment of an independent country under a Provisional Government of Belgium, provisional government and a national Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Mudaeus
Gabriel Mudaeus ( c. 1500, Brecht – 21 April 1560, Leuven), born Gabriël van der Muyden, was a Flemish jurist and humanist who revived the study of law in Belgium. As a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Louvain, Mudaeus introduced the Erasmian method of research into a field that had been dominated exclusively by tradition; among his pupils were François Baudouin, Jacob Reyvaert (Raevardus), and Matthew Wesenbeck Matthew Wesenbeck ( nl, Mattheus van Wesenbeek; french: link=no, Mathieu Wesembeke; lat, Matthaeus Wesenbecius) (25 October 1531 – 5 June 1586) was a Belgian jurist and a student of Gabriel Mudaeus. His Latin surname was also spelled ''Wesemb .... Works * References * R. C. Van Caenegem, D. E. L. Johnston. ''An Historical Introduction to Private Law.'' Cambridge University Press, 1992. * David M. Walker, ''The Oxford Companion to Law.'' Oxford University Press, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mudaeus, Gabriel 1500 births 1560 deaths Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research; the Friedrich Schiller University was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena counts another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies. Jena was first mentioned in 1182 and stayed a small town until the 19th century, when industry developed. For most of the 20th century, Jena was a world centre of the optical industry around companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott and Jenoptik (since 1990). As one of only a few medium-sized cities in Germany, it has some high-rise buildings in the city centre, such as the JenTower. These also have their origin in the former Carl Zeiss factor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittenberg
Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of Berlin, and has a population of 46,008 (2018). Wittenberg is famous for its close connection with Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, for which it received the honourific ''Lutherstadt''. Several of Wittenberg's buildings are associated with the events, including a preserved part of the Augustinians, Augustinian monastery in which Luther lived, first as a monk and later as owner with his wife Katharina von Bora and family, considered to be the world's premier museum dedicated to Luther. Wittenberg was also the seat of the Elector of Saxony, a dignity held by the dukes of Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Wittenberg, making it one of the most powerful cities in the Holy Roman Empire. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1531 Births
Year 1531 ( MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 26 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake, in which thousands die. * February 27 – Lutheran princes in the Holy Roman Empire form an alliance known as the Schmalkaldic League. * February or March – Battle of Antukyah: Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi of the Adal Sultanate defeats the Ethiopian army. * April – Battle of Puná: Francisco Pizarro defeats the island's native inhabitants. * April 12 – Askiya Musa is assassinated by his brothers in Songhai; Askia Mohammad Benkan is enthroned the same day. * April 16 – The city of Puebla, Mexico, is founded. * May – The third Dalecarlian rebellion in Sweden appears to be over, when the king accepts an offer made by the rebels, but violence flares up again the following year. * June 24 – The city of San Juan del Río, Mexico, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1586 Deaths
Events * January 18 – The 7.9 1586 Tenshō earthquake, Tenshō earthquake strikes the Chubu region of Japan, triggering a tsunami and causing at least 8,000 deaths. * June 16 – The deposed and imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir. * July 6 – The Treaty of Berwick (1586), Treaty of Berwick is signed between Queen Elizabeth I of England and King James VI of Scotland. * July 21 – English explorer Thomas Cavendish begins the first deliberately planned Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation, circumnavigation of the globe. * September 20–September 21, 21 – Execution of the Babington Plotters: The 14 men convicted of a plot (uncovered on July 17) to murder Queen Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots, are hanged, drawn and quartered (the first seven being disembowelled before death) in St Giles Field, London. * September 22 – Battle of Zutphen: Spanish troops defeat the Dutch rebels and their Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
