Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Weigel, Valentin

Born : 1533 Großenhain

Died : 1588 Zschopau

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Book cover Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy

  • 38 Accesses

Abstract

Valentin Weigel was a dissenting Lutheran pastor, whose work incorporates various medieval and Renaissance influences in an attempt to justify the freedom of conscience and thought of the layman.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Illinois State University, Normal, Il, USA

    Andrew Weeks

Authors
  1. Andrew Weeks
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Andrew Weeks .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Verona, Mantova, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this entry

Cite this entry

Weeks, A. (2016). Weigel, Valentin. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_573-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_573-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-02848-4

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Religion and PhilosophyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Humanities

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation