| Surname | Amerbach | |
| First Name | Bonifacius | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Basel | |
| Place of death | Basel | |
| Year of birth | 1495 | |
| Year of death | 1562 | |
| Profession | Professor, Jurist | |
| Religion | other | |
| Place(s) of activity | Basel | |
| Century | 16 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Johannes. In 1527, he married Martha Fuchs, daughter of Leonhard, a merchant and mayor of Neuenburg am Rhein (D), and of Margarethe Zscheckenbürlin, of Basel. He studied law with Ulrich Zasius in Freiburg im Breisgau and with Andreas Alciatus in Avignon, where he received his doctorate in 1525. Appointed by the University of Basel in 1524, Amerbach taught the Institutions (1525-30), then Roman law until 1536. Lawyer, oftentimes rector, city advocate of Basel. As trustee of the Erasmus Foundation, he became the patron of many students from 1536 onwards. | |
| Title | o.T. | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 25 April - 22 November 1531 | |
| Period covered | 25 April - 22 November 1531 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, German and Latin | |
| Physical description | Loose sheets of different format, a total of 14 pages. |
| Content | Amerbach writes during the year 1531. He was then in difficulty in the city of Basel because of his refusal to participate in the Protestant Eucharist. Additionally, Amerbach records events of the year 1531 (e.g., the War of Kappel). |
| Place of deposit | UBBS |
| Classification | C VIa 90/4 |
| Document |
Bonifacius Amerbach, Tagebuch |
| Transcription | |
| Restrictions | |
| Edition(s) |
Theodor Burckhardt-Biedermann. Bonifacius Amerbach und die Reformation. Basel 1894, S. 325-372. |
| Secondary litterature |
Bonifacius Amerbach 1495-1562. Zum 500. Geburtstag des Basler Juristen und Erben des Erasmus von Rotterdam. Bearb. und hrsg. von Holger Jacob-Friesen, Beat R. Jenny und Christian Müller. Basel 1995, S. 60f. The edition of the Amerbach-Korresopondenz, published since 1942, edited by Alfred Hartmann and Beat Rudolf Jenny. |
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| Author | Basel |
