Thomas Ebendorfer de HaselbachBiography
According to Ioana Curut:
From Author to Authority : « The Legacy of James of Eltville in Vienna », in The Cistercian James of Eltville († 1393). Author in Paris and Authority in Vienna, ed. M. Brinzei, Chris Schabel (Studia Sententiarum, 3), Turnhout, Brepols 2018, pp. 419-478
Thomas Ebendorfer of Hasselbach (1388–1464) was one of the most important professors active in the Viennese Faculty of Theology, where he became professor in theology in 1428, having lectured on the Sentences in 1420-1421.[1] Like his famous predecessors Nicholas of Dinkelsbühl and Peter Czech of Pulkau, both of whom were involved to some degree in the political and social events of their day, Ebendorfer's fame did not derive solely from his chair in theology,[2] but the German secular did enjoy a scholarly reputation at the University of Vienna
[1] For more details on his education at the University of Vienna, see the registers of the Faculty of Arts: Acta facultatis artium universitatis Vindobonensis, 1385-1416, ed. P. Uiblein (Publikationen des Institut für Österreichen Geschichtesforschung, 6,) vol. 2, Wien 1968 and of the Faculty of Theology: Die Akten der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Wien (1396-1508), ed. P. Uiblein (Verband der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften Österreichs), vol 1, Wien 1978. See also Courtenay, “From Dinkelsbühl’s Questiones Communes to the Vienna Group Commentary”, pp. 267-315.
[2] The two theologians, who were Ebendorfer’s masters, had previously participated at the Council of Constance (1414-1418) and Ebendorfer carried on the conciliarist tradition by participating at the Council of Basel in 1432-1434. In 1433 he was also sent to the Council of Prague. For a brief overview of Ebendorfer’s intellectual profile and his Sentences commentary, see I. Curuţ, “Thomas Ebendorfer of Hasselbach”, in Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, ed. H. Lagerlund and J. Marenbon, Dordrecht-Heidelberg (forthcoming).A survey of all of Ebendorfer’s roles throughout his life – as a diplomat, historian, rector of the University of Vienna, or preacher in the parishes of Perchtoldsdorf and Falkenstein – exceeds the scope of this article, but see the monograph devoted to Ebendorfer in A. Lhotsky, Thomas Ebendorfer. Ein österreicher Geschichtsschreiber, Theologe und Diplomat des 15. Jahrhunderts (Schriften der Monumenta Germaniae Historica, 15), Stuttgart 1957.