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Christoph Scheurl or von Scheurl (11 November 1481 – 14 June 1542) was a German jurist, diplomat and
Christoph Scheurl or von Scheurl (11 November 1481 – 14 June 1542) was a German jurist, diplomat and humanist
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
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who became famous for arranging a humanistic friendship between Johann Eck
Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, Scholasticism, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the counter-reformation who was among Martin Luther's most im ...
and Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
.
Life
Scheurl was born inNuremberg
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the eldest son of Christoph Scheurl from Wroclaw in Silesia
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, and his wife, Helena Tucher.
In 1496 he went to Heidelberg University to study Law, moving in 1498 to the University of Bologna
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in Italy to complete his studies. He graduated in 1506.
In 1507, with the support of Johann von Staupitz
Johann von Staupitz, O.S.A. (c. 1460 – 28 December 1524) was a Catholic theologian, university preacher, and Vicar General of the Augustinian friars in Germany, who supervised Martin Luther during a critical period in his spiritual life. Martin ...
, he was elected Professor of Law at Wittenberg University, under the patronage of Frederick the Wise
Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise ( German ''Friedrich der Weise''), was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther.
Frede ...
. He began lecturing in April 1507. In 1512 he returned to Nuremberg, his role primarily being that of a diplomat. In 1519 he travelled to Aragon
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to represent Nuremberg in the formal congratulations to the newly crowned Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) fr ...
. In 1522 he was an ambassador in the negotiations with Archduke Ferdinand regarding aiding the Turks in Vienna
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. In Nuremberg he was also a friend of Albert Durer.
He was among the first people to have Luther's 95 theses
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printed and distributed.Brecht, Martin, ''Martin Luther: His Road to Reformation, 1483-1521'', (Fortress Press, 1985), p. 204
He died on 14 June 1542.
Family
In 1518 he married Katharina Futterer.Works (selected)
* De rebus gestis Alberti Ducis Saxioniae * De Vita Ant. Cressenis * Tractatus de sacerdorum & ecclesiasticarum rerum praestantia, Leipzig 1511 * Lib. De laudibus Germaniae & Ducum Saxoniae, Leipzig 1508 * Epist. Ad Charit. Pirckhameram, Nuernberg 1513 * Epist. Ad Charit. Pirckhameram, Nuernberg 1513 * Epist. Ad Staupitium de statu sive regimine reipubl. Noricae * Epist. Ad Petr. Bernstein, 1580References
Sources
* Heinz Kathe: ''Die Wittenberger Philosophische Fakultät 1501–1817.'' Böhlau, Cologne 2002, * Walter Friedensburg: ''Geschichte der Universität Wittenberg.'' Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917 * Irene Dingel und Günther Wartenberg: ''Die Theologische Fakultät Wittenberg 1502 bis 1602.'' Leipzig 2002, * Felix Streit: ''Christoph Scheurl, der Ratskonsulent von Nürnberg, und seine Stellung zur Reformation.'' Neupert Verlag, Plauen 1908 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheurl, Christoph von 1481 births 1542 deaths Writers from Nuremberg German male writers 16th-century German jurists Jurists from Bavaria