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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Andreas Rudolph
Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486 - December 24, 1541), better known as
Andreas Karlstadt or Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, was a German
Christian theologian during the Protestant Reformation. He was born in
Karlstadt, Franconia. Karlstadt received his doctorate of theology in
1510 from the University of Wittenberg. Previously, Karlstadt had been
educated at Erfurt and in Cologne. In the same year in which Karlstadt
received his doctorate he became archdeacon and the chair of the
theology department. In 1511 he became chancellor of Wittenberg
university. In 1512 he awarded Martin Luther his doctorate. From
1515-16, he studied in Rome, where he obtained the double degree in
canon and civil law (utriusque juris) at the Sapienza university.
