Philipp Andreas Oldenburger

Philipp Andreas Oldenburg (* around 1620 in the Duchy of Celle ();? † 1678 in Geneva) was a German lawyer and university professor.

Life and work

Philipp Andreas Oldenburg studied law at the University of Helmstedt; to his academic teachers belonged to Hermann Conring. After graduating, he was appointed to a law professor at the University of Geneva.

Contemporary awareness among a wider audience became Oldenburg with his 1669 published magazine " Constantini germanici ...", in which he described intimate details of the life of German courts. The book was confiscated in many principalities and became still under the hand of high prevalence. Oldenburg himself sharp criticism was suspended from aristocratic circles. One tradition has it that he " was forced by a prince, of whose love affairs he had chatted through physical abuse [ be ] to devour two sheets of his work. "

In law community Oldenburg was considered controversial. Among other things, it plagiarism allegations were made. His former teacher Hermann Conring blamed him because he published his book about colleges States customer against Conring express will and provided his own comments.

Works (selection)

• Notitia Imperii Romano - Rerum Illustrium germanici immersive Discursus - Juridico - Politico - Historici ad Instrumentum Pacis Osnaburgo - Monasteriensis etc. 1668
• Constantini germanici ad Justum Sincerum Epistola de politica Peregrationibus recte et rite instituendis, in qua etc. 1669
• Manuals principum Christianorum. 1672
• Thesaurus rerum publicarum totius orbis quadripertitus. 1675
• Discursus historico - politici de rebus publicis turbidis in tranquillum statum reducendis. 1677