Henry of Oyta ( German: Heinrich Totting von Oyta; c. 1330 – 1397) was a German theologian and nominalist philosopher.
He was born at Friesoythe in present-day Lower Saxony. [1] Henry graduated M.A. at the University of Prague in 1355. He was then rector of a school in Erfurt, and returned to Prague in 1366. [2] In the course of a long-running dispute, Adalbert Ranconis accused him of heresy in 1369–70. [3] He began teaching at the University of Paris in 1377. [4] For reasons connected with the Western Schism, he left Paris in 1381; [5] he then taught at Prague, 1381 to 1381, lecturing there on the Psalms and Gospel of John. [4] [6] He was at the University of Vienna from 1384(?) to 1390; [7] he drew up the statutes there in 1389, with Henry of Langenstein. [8]
He died in Vienna.
Around 1374 he abridged the Sentences commentary of Adam Wodeham. [10]
Henry of Oyta ( German: Heinrich Totting von Oyta; c. 1330 – 1397) was a German theologian and nominalist philosopher.
He was born at Friesoythe in present-day Lower Saxony. [1] Henry graduated M.A. at the University of Prague in 1355. He was then rector of a school in Erfurt, and returned to Prague in 1366. [2] In the course of a long-running dispute, Adalbert Ranconis accused him of heresy in 1369–70. [3] He began teaching at the University of Paris in 1377. [4] For reasons connected with the Western Schism, he left Paris in 1381; [5] he then taught at Prague, 1381 to 1381, lecturing there on the Psalms and Gospel of John. [4] [6] He was at the University of Vienna from 1384(?) to 1390; [7] he drew up the statutes there in 1389, with Henry of Langenstein. [8]
He died in Vienna.
Around 1374 he abridged the Sentences commentary of Adam Wodeham. [10]