Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum Aliaque Aevi Decimi Sexti Monimenta Rarissima

by Ulrich von Hutten, Munch

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564 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2018

About the author

Ulrich von Hutten was a German scholar, poet, and hereditary knight. As an early humanist and an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church, he was a key figure in the Lutheran Reformation. He was crowned Poet Laureate by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I on 15 August 1517 in recognition of his peerless mastery of Latin.

His contributions to the pseudonymous collaboration Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum ("Letters of Obscure Men") are considered among "the most masterly sarcasms in the history of literature." His poem Arminius, inspired by the recently recovered Annals of Tacitus, established the Cheruscan chief as an enduring symbol of the German character.