Carpzov

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Carpzov is the name of a family, many of whose members attained distinction in Saxony in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as jurists, theologians and statesmen.

The family traced its origin to Simon Carpzov, who was burgomaster of Brandenburg in the middle of the sixteenth century, and who left two sons, Joachim Carpzov (d. 1628), master-general of the ordnance in the service of the Christian IV of Denmark, and Benedikt Carpzov senior (1565-1626), an eminent jurist. Benedikt Carpzov junior (1595-1666), the son of the latter, is considered the founder of criminal jurisprudence in Germany.

Another noted Carpzov family member was Johann Benedict Carpzov II (1639-1699), a German Christian theologian and Hebraist. His nephew, Johann Gottlob Carpzov, was also a theologian.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Carpzov", a publication now in the public domain.