Celtes, Conradus Protucius (kōn`rädəs prō`t
tsēəs kĕl`təs), pseud. of Konrad Pickel (kôn`rät pĭk`əl), 1459–1508, German scholar and humanist. He traveled widely, lectured at several universities, became librarian to Maximilian I, and founded various societies dedicated to classical learning. He was made (1487) first German poet laureate. Of his works—didactic, lyric, and dramatic—his odes in the manner of Ovid and Horace are noteworthy. Celtes discovered the works of the nun Hrotswith Hrotswith or Roswitha von Gandersheim , 10th-century German dramatist, a nun. Of a noble Saxon family, Hrotswith was well educated. Her long epic poems—one including a fragment on Emperor Otto I, one on the founding of the abbey of
..... Click the link for more information. (Roswitha von Gandersheim).
tsēəs kĕl`təs), pseud. of Konrad Pickel (kôn`rät pĭk`əl), 1459–1508, German scholar and humanist. He traveled widely, lectured at several universities, became librarian to Maximilian I, and founded various societies dedicated to classical learning. He was made (1487) first German poet laureate. Of his works—didactic, lyric, and dramatic—his odes in the manner of Ovid and Horace are noteworthy. Celtes discovered the works of the nun Hrotswith Hrotswith or Roswitha von Gandersheim , 10th-century German dramatist, a nun. Of a noble Saxon family, Hrotswith was well educated. Her long epic poems—one including a fragment on Emperor Otto I, one on the founding of the abbey of..... Click the link for more information. (Roswitha von Gandersheim).
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