ini . ▁ ▁Life ▁K len k ok ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Ho ya , ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Lower ▁Sax ony , ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁cast ellan ▁in ▁Th eding hausen . ▁He ▁studied ▁philosophy ▁and ▁the ology ▁in ▁Germany ▁with ▁the ▁August ini ans , ▁then ▁took ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁Bolog na ▁from ▁ 1 3 4 2 ▁to ▁ 1 3 4 6 . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁for ▁about ▁four ▁years , ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 3 5 7 , ▁K len k ok ▁transm itted ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁Gregory ▁of ▁R im ini . ▁His ▁intention ▁was ▁to ▁opp ose ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁U th red ▁of ▁Bol ton . ▁He ▁was ▁in cept ed ▁in ▁the ology ▁there , ▁in ▁ 1 3 5 9 . ▁ ▁View s ▁and ▁background ▁K len k ok ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁critic ▁of ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁fe ud al ▁law ▁and ▁common ▁law ▁trad itions . ▁He ▁opposed ▁the ▁Sach sens p iegel , ▁a ▁civil ▁law ▁code ▁applied ▁in ▁parts ▁of ▁Germany ▁in ▁his ▁time . ▁He ▁deb ated ▁it ▁with ▁Rudolf ▁Block . ▁His ▁work ▁the ▁Dec ad icon ▁from ▁ 1 3 6 8 – 9 ▁was ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁it . ▁Later ▁K len k ok ▁looked ▁for ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁canon ist ▁Pierre ▁de ▁la ▁Ver g ne , ▁who ▁became