Melanchthons Briefwechsel / Band T 11: Texte 2866-3126 (1542)

After the journeys of the past years to diets and religious discussions, Melanchthon spent the year 1542 almost exclusively in Wittenberg. It was from here that he followed the diets in Speyer and Nuremberg and exchanged information with the persons with whom he corresponded. With great anxiety he observed the Turks in Hungary and Joachim of Brandenburg’s military campaign against them. Many of the letters from Melanchthon’s everyday life show how much influence he had; in addition to numerous letters of recommendation, his involvement in filling several vacancies for positions at schools or positions as clergymen and in founding the University of Königsberg is well documented.