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Ulrich von Hutten | |
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 Ulrich von Hutten, c. 1522 | |
| Born | 21 April 1488 Steckelberg Castle, near Schlüchtern, Hesse |
| Died | 29 August 1523 (aged 35) Ufenau on Lake Zurich |
| Occupation | Monk, knight, writer |
| Education | Theology |
| Alma mater | University of Greifswald |
| Period | Reformation |
| Literary movement | Reformation, Renaissance humanism, German Renaissance |
| Notable works | Epistolae obscurorum virorum De Morbo Gallico Ars versificandi Nemo |
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Ulrich von Hutten (21 April 1488 – 29 August 1523) was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.
By 1519, he was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church. Hutten was a bridge between the Renaissance humanists and the Lutheran Reformation. He was a leader of the knights of the Holy Roman Empire along with Franz von Sickingen. Both were the leaders in the Knights' War.