Jacob Bording

In 1530 Bording moved on to Paris where he studied Aristotelian philosophy and medicine[4] with the anatomist Jacques Dubois (1478–1555).

Through the bishop's mediation in 1537, Bording obtained a teaching post and relocated to Carpentras, a short distance to the east, becoming rector of the school, still aged only 26.

On returning south, in 1540 Bording moved on to the University of Bologna, where he received his doctorate in medicine the same year.

He returned with his medical qualification to Antwerp where for the next five years was able to combine work as a physician with lecturing on anatomy and surgery.

[1][4] From the point of view of the young emperor, the growth of a popular alternative to the mainstream church represented a growing threat, and he became more stalwart in his defence of the true religion.

[1] Then, in 1549, he received an invitation from Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg to accept a full professorship in medicine at Rostock.

[4] In 1553 he had the chance to visit Wittenburg and meet up with Philip Melanchthon, by whose theological work his life had already been so much affected.