Abstract
Niels Hemmingsen is the single-most important figure among the second generation of Danish reformers. A student at the Wittenberg Leucorea in the 1530s, he did not participate in the king’s introduction of a Wittenberg-style reformation in Denmark in 1536, sanctioned by the Wittenberg circle and overseen by Johannes Bugenhagen. However, he returned to his native Denmark in the early 1540s to take up a professorship of arts in Copenhagen. Until his eventual suspension from office in 1579, Hemmingsen not only expounded the Bible for future Lutheran pastors in the university but also was a close adviser to the kings of Denmark-Norway in matters legal and moral, and his works remain a significant contribution to the legal history of Lutheran Protestantism.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia : The Writings of Great Nordic Jurists |
| Editors | Kjell Å Modéer, Helle Vogt |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication date | 2021 |
| Pages | 128-150 |
| Chapter | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003015253 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |