Johannes Buridan und die Professionalisierung der Artisten

The paper does not consider the contributions of the magister artium Buridanus to the Artes liberales and the Aristotelianism of the Later Middle Ages, that is the topic of some other participants of our colloquium in Katowice. It is aiming at giving a short overview over the very few data of his biography which are known to us framing them by the general social trends of his time. First of all (I.) a sketch of his biography is given which sheds some light on his social background, his milieu and career at Paris university. Secondly (II.) there follows an outline of his main income, namely church benefices, which are given to the university master by papal allowance and are registered mainly in the Vatican Archives. Thirdly (III.) the more than three decades of teaching at the Arts Faculty of Paris are considered within the framework of general social professionalization of teaching at the universities in the Later Middle Ages.