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Peter Friedrich Arpe

1682 – 1740

German lawyer, historian and legal writer

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Lived 1682 – 1740 (aged 58). Peter Friedrich Arpe was a German jurist, historian, university teacher and lawyer.

Peter Friedrich Arpe (10 May 1682, Kiel - 4 November 1740, Schwerin) was a German lawyer, historian and legal writer. He was also the founder of a huge collection of objects and manuscripts on the history of Schleswig-Holstein, though his collection also included banned theological works. He also wrote and collected under the Latinised form of his name, Petrus Fridericus Arpius.

Life He was the son of a senator, who later became mayor. Due to Arpe's dismissal, he held a great personal enmity against the then-president of the privy council at Gottorf, Henning Friedrich, count von Bassewitz, and thus the work contains several polemics against him.

Selected works Geschichte des herzoglich Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorfischen Hofes und dessen vornehmsten Staats-Bedienten, unter der Regierung Herzog Friedrichs IV. und dessen Sohnes Herzog Carl Friedrichs, mit geheimen Anecdoten zur Erläuterung der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Historie besonders als der nordischen Begebenheiten überhaupt, Frankfurth u.a., 1774 Geschichte der Talismannischen Kunst, Gotha, 1792 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Theatrum fati, Roterodamum, 1712 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Apologia pro Jul. Caes. Vanino Neapolitano, Philalethes, 1712 Themis Cimbrica, Hamburg, 1737 De prodigiosis naturae et artis operibus Talismanes et Amuleta dictis liber sing., Hamburg, 1717 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Laicus Veritatis Vindex Sive De Iure Laicorum Praecipue Germanorum In Promovendo Religionis Negotio Commentarius, Kiliae Holsatorum,1717 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Feriae Aestivales. Sive Scriptorum Suorum Historia Liber Singularis, Hamburgi, Kisnerus, 1726 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Disputatio iuridica de feriis et dilationibus, Hrsg.:Martini, Nicolaus, Kilonium, 1702 Digitalisat in OPACplus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek

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Kiel University

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Who was Peter Friedrich Arpe?

German lawyer, historian and legal writer

When was Peter Friedrich Arpe born?

Peter Friedrich Arpe was born on 10 May 1682 in Kiel.

When did Peter Friedrich Arpe die?

Peter Friedrich Arpe died on 4 November 1740 in Schwerin.

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Peter Friedrich Arpe was a jurist, historian, university teacher and lawyer.

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Peter Friedrich Arpe was German.

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