Caspar Peucer (also Kaspar Peucer; * 6 January 1525 in Bautzen; "† 25 September 1602 in Dessau) was as Kirchenreformer, mathematicians, astronomer, the medical profession, diplomat and writers an important representative of the German late human.

Life & working

Peucer visited the Bautzener advice school and later the Goldberger school under the direction of Valentin Friedland of defying village. On its recommendation he came starting from 1540 into Wittenberg into contact with the family Philipp Melanchthons. After conclusion its began Peucer 1543 its Artistenstudium at the University of Wittenberg, whereby he predominantly concentrated on mathematics. 1545 he attained the degree of Master of Arts. Due to the Schmalkaldi war it could continue its medicine study 1546 only in Frankfurt/or.

1548 it returned to Wittenberg. 1550 married Peucer Melanchthons youngest daughter Magdalena (1531-1576). it received 1553 at the University of Wittenberg the Professur for mathematics, 1554 for philosophy. He wrote important work over the geodesy ("„De dimensione terrae "“- 1550) and over bases of the astronomy ("„Elementa doctrinae de circulis coelestibus - 1551). it attained a doctorate to 1560 to the doctor of the medicine and became a rector of the University of Wittenberg. After death Melanchthons 1560 he strove around the keeping of its inheritance. It published different letters and speeches Melanchthons, continued its historical lectures on the "“Chronicon Carionis"” and obtained Melanchthons Philippismus in "„the corpus Doctrinae Philippicum "“.

Peucer maintained regular contact starting from 1563 to the cure-Saxonian yard and 1566 by emperors Maximilian II. into the hereditary nobility was raised. Starting from 1570 he was a body physician of the cure prince August of Saxonia. In addition it 1571 the office for godfather at the prince Adolf were transferred.

1571 were Caspar Peucer involved in the publication of the new Wittenberger Katechismus of the theological faculty substantially. As church-political leaders of the Philippisten Peucer was strongly attacked of the lutherischen Orthodoxie and called Kryptocalvinist. In connection with "„the taking place in France 1572 "“, Saxonia changed abruptly its denomination politics for a brutal impact against the huguenot elite and followed now the radical course of the Gnesiolutheraner. Trailers of the Calvinismus became public enemies. Also the moderate forces of the Philippisten were pulled in into this vortex with. Peucer, which did not want to deviate from its religious basic view, was taken 1574 in detention. First it was arrested with its family in the lock Rochlitz.

From 1576 to 1586 it was eingekerkert in solitary confinement on the polarizing eating castle in Leipzig. During its detention time Peucer made chronologically arranged notes over its shank, which were printed after its death as "„Historia Carcerum "“and which today a rare earlytemporal document over the execution of sentences from the view of a concerned to represent. In addition it wrote a second book, which "„Idyllium Patria "“in shank, in which it set its Oberlausitzer homeland in latin Distichen a literary monument. After its release it as a body physician and advice at the anhaltischen yard in Dessau lived, where it died aged and respected on 25 September 1602.

Works (selection)

• Tractatus historicus de Ph.Melanchthonis sententia de controversia coenae Domini, 1553 (pressure 1596)
• Commentarius de praecipuis divinationum generibus, 1553
• Corpus Doctrinae Philippicum, 1560
• Opera Melan, 1562-65
• Epistolae, 1565
• Idyllion de Lusatia, 1583 (printed 1594)

Literature

• Caspar Peucer 1525-1602, Hrsg. Hans Peter hate and waiting mountain, ISBN 3374021069
• Between Katheder, throne and dungeon, Hrsg. city museum Bautzen, Domowina publishing house, ISBN 3-7420-1925-2

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