Conrad Celtes (February 1, 1459 - February 4, 1508) was a German Humanist scholar. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Humanism is a system of thought that defines a socio-political doctrine (-ism) whose bounds exceed those of locally developed cultures, to include all of humanity and all issues common to human beings. ...

Conrad Celtes.

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Biography

Born at Wipfeld in Lower Franconia under his original name Konrad Bickel, Celtes pursued his studies at Cologne and Heidelberg. While at Heidelberg, he received instruction from Dalberg and Agricola. As a custom in those days for humanists, he converted his original name into Conradus Celtis. For some time he delivered humanist lectures during his travels to Erfurt, Rostock and Leipzig. His first work was titled Ars versificandi et Carminum ("The art of writing verses and poems", 1486). He further undertook lecture tours to Rome, Florence, Bologna and Venice. The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (help· info) ; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the largest... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... Dalberg, the name of an ancient and distinguished German noble family, derived from the hamlet and castle (now in ruins) of Dalberg or Dalburg near Kreuznach in the Rhine Province. ... Rodolphus Agricola (February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485), was a Dutch scholar and humanist. ... Map of Germany showing Erfurt Mariendom and the Severikirche Erfurt [ˈɛrfÊŠrt] is a city in central Germany. ... Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... (Redirected from 1486 in literature) See also: 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Bologna (pronounced , from Latin Bononia, BulÃ¥ggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) , the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. ...

The elector Frederick of Saxony approached the emperor Frederick III, who named Conrad Celtes Poet Laureate (Honored Poet) upon his return to Germany. At this great ceremonial gathering in Nuremberg, Celtes was at the same time presented with a doctoral degree. Celtes again made a lecturing tour throughout the empire and during this time went to Krakow. At Krakow (1488), he applied himself to mathematics, astronomy and the natural sciences and while there, he became friends with many other humanists, such as Lorenzo Rab and Bonacursius. He also founded a learned society, based on the Roman academies. The Krakow society was called Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana ("Literary Society at Vistula"). The Dukes of Saxony from the House of Wettin, Margraves of Meissen, inherited the first name Frederick into prevalent use from Emperor Frederick II, father of Margaret, Margravine of Meissen, whose descendants (beginning from her son) were rather often named Frederick. ... Detail of Aeneas Piccolomini Introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III by Pinturicchio (1454-1513) Frederick III of Habsburg (Innsbruck, September 21, 1415 – August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... This article needs cleanup. ... // Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος, astronomia = astron + nomos, literally, law of the stars) is the science of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere, such as stars, planets, comets, aurora, galaxies, and the cosmic background radiation. ...

Epitaph of Conrad Celtis, by Hans Burgkmair, 1507.

In Hungary he formed the Sodalitas Litterarum Hungaria ("Hungarian Literary Society"). He made stops at Regensburg, Passau and Nuremberg (and probably Mainz). At Heidelberg he founded the Sodalitas Litterarum Rhenana ("Rhineland Literary Society"). Later he went to Lübeck and Ingolstadt. At Ingolstadt, in 1494 he delivered his famous speech to the students there, in which he called on Germans to rival Italians in learning and letters. This would later become an extremely popular address in sixteenth century German nationalistic sentiment. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (532x800, 135 KB) Conrad Celtis Epitaph von Hans Burgkmair 1507 File links The following pages link to this file: Conrad Celtes ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (532x800, 135 KB) Conrad Celtis Epitaph von Hans Burgkmair 1507 File links The following pages link to this file: Conrad Celtes ... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Old Town of Passau Passau (Latin: Batavia) is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as Dreiflüssestadt (the City of three rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the... Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Ingolstadt is a city in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. ... 1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While the plague ravaged Ingolstadt, Celtes taught at Heidelberg. By now he was a professor. In 1497 Celtes was called to Vienna by the emperor Maximilian I, who honored him as teacher of the art of poetry and conversation with an imperial Privilegium, the first of its kind. There he lectured on the works of classical writers and in 1502 founded the Collegium Poetarum, a college for poets. 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya, Russian: Вена) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria Maximilian I of Bavaria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Celtes died at Vienna a few years later.

Overview

Conrad Celtes' teachings had lasting effects, particularly in the field of history. He was the first to teach the history of the world as a whole. He started work on the Germania Illustrata with Germania generalis and De rigine situ, moribus et institutis Norimbergae libellus ("Booklet of structure, habits and institutions of Nuremberg"). He discovered and published the writings of Hroswitha of Gandersheim. Celtes also discovered a map of the military roads of the Roman Empire, the Tabula Peutingeriana, or Peutinger Table. He collected numerous Greek and Latin manuscripts in his function as librarian of the imperial library that was founded by Maximilian. For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Hrosvit, also known as Hroswitha and Hroswitha of Gandersheim, was a female 10th century (c. ... The Tabula Peutingeriana (Peutinger table) is a map showing the road network in the Roman Empire. ...

Conrad Celtes was more of a free-thinking humanist and placed a higher value on the ancient pagan, rather than the Christian ideal. His friend C. Pirkheimer had blunt discussions with him on that subject.

References

• Pierer's Lexikon, Kluepfel, Aschbach.
• Catholic Encyclopedia.