Conrad Celtes

Conrad Celtes
Epitaph of Conrad Celtes, woodcut by Hans Burgkmair, 1507
Born1 February 1459
Wipfeld (present-day Lower Franconia)
Died4 February 1508(1508-02-04) (aged 49)
NationalityGerman
Other namesConradus Celtis Protucius
EducationUniversity of Cologne (B.A., 1479)
University of Heidelberg (M.A., 1485)
Jagiellonian University
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Ingolstadt
University of Vienna

Conrad Celtes (German: Konrad Celtes; Latin: Conradus Celtis (Protucius); 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508) was a German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet of the German Renaissance born in Franconia (nowadays part of Bavaria). He led the theatrical performances at the Viennese court and reformed the syllabi.

Celtis is considered by many to be the greatest of German humanists and thus dubbed "the Archhumanist" (Erzhumanist). He is also praised as "the greatest lyric genius and certainly the greatest organizer and popularizer of German Humanism".[1][2][3][a]

  1. ^ Eire, Carlos M. N. (28 June 2016). Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650. Yale University Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-300-22068-1. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Kallendorf, Craig W. (15 April 2008). A Companion to the Classical Tradition. John Wiley & Sons. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-4051-7202-8. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b The Germanic Review. Heldref Publications. 1951. p. 148. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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