As far as we know, the question Utrum esse liberum contradictorie sit essentiale rationali creature, attributed to Magister Andreas, is the only surviving writing or oral report from Andrew of Langenstein, nephew of the famous Henry of Langenstein. 1 This text also offers a succinct overview of the distinctions between various types of freedom that had developed over the course of the previous two centuries at the universities, just the kind of summary an eager note-taking student would want to have for future use. A Short Biography The first record of Andrew's life is dated 1382, when, perhaps during Lent as normal, as a member of the English-German Nation at the University of Paris, dominus Andreas de Langensteyn de Hassia determined, along with two others, as bachelor of arts under Master Stanislas of Poland. 2 Andrew was among a group of 28 who determined under the proctorship of Petrus de Catwiic, who was elected on 10 February. The dominus need not detain us, since everyone else who determined at that time was also given that title. The fact that Andrew claimed to be poor and paid nothing, on the other hand, is unusual, since of the group of 28 who determined at the time only Andrew and Johannes Inghemari de Swecia pled poverty, although on 25 February several of the candidates asked to be able to leave something in security and pay their fee within three months, an option that ten candidates eventually chose. 3 Determination was a stage on the way to becoming a master of arts, but it is not always clear how long it took between determination and inception as master. In the volume in which the above information is contained, Denifle and Chatelain later state in a footnote that a few years afterward the English-German Nation was devoid of masters, since many left in 1382 because of problems connected to the papal Schism, when France aligned with Clement VII in Avignon and most German princes remained with Urban VI in Rome. In their list of ten examples of departing masters, Denifle and Chatelain mention in third place Andreas de Langenstein, in the company of Gerardus de Kalkar and Paulus de Gelria. 4 There does not appear to be any documentary evidence that Andrew became master at Paris before leaving, probably with his uncle Henry in October 1382.