Ulrich Zasius

After studying at Tübingen he first became episcopal notary at Constance, then town clerk at Baden in Aargau in 1489, and at Freiburg in 1493.

In 1499 he studied law at the University of Freiburg, was appointed lecturer of rhetoric and poetry there in 1500 and professor of jurisprudence in 1506.

On April 2 of that year, he joined in with an alliance of burghers and scholars to attempt to expel the Jews of Waldkirch.

Applying the tendencies of the Humanists to jurisprudence, he scouted the strained and barbarous comments of the glossators and endeavoured to restore the genuine text.

After 1521 he was a zealous opponent of Luther and died a firm adherent of the Roman Catholic faith.