Hermann von dem Busche (also Hermannus Buschius or Pasiphilus; 1468–1534) was a German humanist writer, known for his ''Vallum humanitatis'' (1518). He was a pupil of

Rudolph von Langen Rudolph von Langen (1438 or 1439 – December 1519) was a German Catholic Anglicanism#Anglican divines, divine, who helped introduce Humanism, Humanistic ideas to the town of Münster, Munster, Westphalia. He was born in the village of Everswinkel ...

. ''Vallum humanitatis, sive Humaniorum litterarum contra obrectatores vindiciae'' (1518) was in effect a manifesto for the humanist movement of the time.

Life

He was born at Sassenberg. He studied at Heidelberg, at Tübingen, and in Italy, where he became versed in Latin. Among his teachers were

Alexander Hegius Alexander Hegius von Heek (?1433/1439/1440?7 December 1498) was a German humanist, so called from his birthplace Heek (located near Ahaus, then in the Duchy of Westphalia). Hegius learned, likely in Emmerich, Greek from Rodolphus Agricola.Akke ...

, Rodolphus Agricola,

Pomponius Laetus Julius Pomponius Laetus (1428 – 9 June 1498), also known as Giulio Pomponio Leto, was an Italian humanist. Background Laetus was born at Teggiano, near Salerno, the illegitimate scion of the princely house of Sanseverino, the German historian L ...

, and

Filippo Beroaldo Filippo Beroaldo, sometimes called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his cousin Filippo Beroaldo the Younger, and also known as Philip or Philippus Beroaldus (7 November 1453 – 17 July 1505) was an Italian humanist active as a professor at the ...

. He moved back to Munster and the prince-bishop Heinrich von Schwarzburg, but decided to become a jurist and went to study in Cologne.Peter G. Bietenholz, Thomas Brian Deutscher, ''Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation'' (2003), p. 233. He was dismissed from teaching posts, in Leipzig (1505) and

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(1507). He became involved in controversy in 1509 around

Ortwin Hardwin von Grätz (french: Hardouin de Graes), better known in English as Ortwin ( la, Ortuinus Gratius; 1475 – 22 May 1542), was a German humanist scholar and theologian. Ortwin was born in Holtwick (now in the District of Coesfeld, ...

, a conservative figure of the older generation, with whom he had clashed over textbooks, wanting to use Aelius Donatus. He has been thought to be one of the authors of the '' Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum'', an anonymous work that includes satirical attacks on Ortwin; but this is not now generally agreed. He joined the leaders of the Reformation, was a friend of Ulrich von Hutten, and in 1527 was appointed first professor of

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at the University of Marburg, founded in that year by Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous. In addition to ''Vallum Humanitatis'', a defense of humanistic studies, he wrote three books of epigrams, and other works.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Busche, Hermann Von Dem 1468 births 1534 deaths German Renaissance humanists Academic staff of the University of Marburg 16th-century German writers 16th-century German male writers People from Warendorf (district)