Benedikt Carpzov the elder

Benedikt Carpzov (Brandenburg, 22 October 1565 – 1624) was a German legal scholar. After studying at Frankfort and Wittenberg, and visiting other German universities, he was made doctor of law at Wittenberg in 1590.[1][2] He was admitted to the faculty of law in 1592, appointed professor of institutions in 1599, and promoted to the chair Digesti infortiati et novi in 1601.[1] In 1602 he was summoned by Sophia, widow of the elector Christian I.[1] of Saxony, to her court at Colditz, as chancellor, and was at the same time appointed councillor of the court of appeal at Dresden.[1] After the death of the electress in 1623 he returned to Wittenberg, and died there on 26 November 1624, leaving five sons. He published a collection of writings entitled Disputationes juridicae.[1] Benedikt Carpzov Jr. (1595–1666), second of the name, was the second son of the preceding, and like him was a great lawyer.[1]

Painting of Benedikt Carpzov

References
  1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carpzov". Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 399.
  2. "Benedikt Carpzov". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 20 June 2014.


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