Hutten, Ulrich von (
l`rĭkh fən ht`ən), 1488–1523, German humanist and poet, partisan of the Reformation, an outstanding figure in German political history. Hutten's career as poet was launched by his participation in the famous Episculae obscurorum virorum (1515), which supported the cause of Reuchlin Reuchlin, Johann (yō`hän roikh`lən), 1455–1522, German humanist and lawyer, a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, b. Baden.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1517 he was crowned poet laureate by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. He wrote innumerable epigrams, speeches, and songs, although his main literary vehicle was dialogues; Arminius, the best known, is in the collection Gesprachsbüchlein (1521). A vehement patriot, he became an associate of Luther and joined Sickingen Sickingen, Franz von (fränts fən zĭ`kĭngən), 1481–1523, German knight.
..... Click the link for more information. in his war on ecclesiastical princes. He died in exile, seeking asylum with Zwingli.
l`rĭkh fən ht`ən), 1488–1523, German humanist and poet, partisan of the Reformation, an outstanding figure in German political history. Hutten's career as poet was launched by his participation in the famous Episculae obscurorum virorum (1515), which supported the cause of Reuchlin Reuchlin, Johann (yō`hän roikh`lən), 1455–1522, German humanist and lawyer, a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, b. Baden...... Click the link for more information. . In 1517 he was crowned poet laureate by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. He wrote innumerable epigrams, speeches, and songs, although his main literary vehicle was dialogues; Arminius, the best known, is in the collection Gesprachsbüchlein (1521). A vehement patriot, he became an associate of Luther and joined Sickingen Sickingen, Franz von (fränts fən zĭ`kĭngən), 1481–1523, German knight.
..... Click the link for more information. in his war on ecclesiastical princes. He died in exile, seeking asylum with Zwingli.
Bibliography
See biography by D. F. Strauss (tr. 1874, repr. 1970); study by T. W. Best (1969).
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