the svea court of appeal in the early modern period 308 which was later published in Amsterdam in 1636.877 Of the seven “learned class” judges, only three appear to actually have been learned.878 Pehr Andersson (d. 1634) is listed as magister physices professor in Uppsala, and Ericus Balingstadius had studied in Uppsala and Greifswald in the early years of the seventeenth century before becoming master of philosophy in Uppsala in 1622. Daniel Sidenius (1592 –1666) appears to be the only one with a legal education. After having obtained a degree in philosophy, he disputed in law on the topicDe jure patronatus with Bengt Crusius (d. 1633) as praeses. A year later in 1630 he was appointed professor of Roman law and later professor of Swedish law in Uppsala. He kept his professorship even when appointed assessor at the Svea court.879 Of course one must keep in mind that studies, even when they included law, were not necessarily very extensive. Schering Rosenhane, for instance, wrote in his memoirs that he was nervous taking the assessorship at the court in 1632 because of his limited education in law.880 The sample year 1654 marks the heyday of Leiden trained Svea Court of Appeal judges – a third had studied there – which is not surprising given the university’s popularity among Swedish students in the 1630s and 40s.881 Another even more important observation is that now virtually all judges had received some education, and usually at university.882 For instance, first class assessor Eric Gyllenstierna (1602 –1657) had spent eight years abroad studying in Helmstedt, Oxford, Paris and Leiden, where he enrolled on 14.5.1622 together with three other Swedes. Gyllenstierna and one of the others studied political science there. During his time there he acquired knowledge of foreign languages, politics and exercises in chivalry.883 877 Åke travelledwith his brother Thure, assessor at theSCA1624-1627, who had defended the disputationDe ecclesiastico majestatis iure, Callmer, Christian 1964 pp. 128-129; Riksdags-Historien, ed. Boye p. 21. 878 It is conceivable that a fourth, Jonas Pedersson, had also studied as there is a Jonas Petri listed in the Greifswald matriculation records. As the name is in no way distinctive, nor is there any other evidence suggesting that Pedersson had studied anywhere; he is not counted among the educated judges here. Ältere Universitäts-Matrikeln II, Universität Greifswald p. 358. 879 Anjou, A. 1899 pp. 75-76; Ältere Universitäts-Matrikeln II, Universität Greifswald p. 398; Westman, Karl Gustaf 1929 p. 1. 880 Lagerstam, Liisa – Parland-von Essen, Jessica 2010 p. 204. 881 See Vasara, Marianne 2007. 882 The only exception was the first class judge Thure Sparre. 883 [sine auctore] 1967 –1969 “Gyllenstierna, släkt”; Album StudiosorumAcademiae Lugduno
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