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Chronicle Of The Swiss Confederation
The ''Chronicle of the Swiss Confederation'' () is the oldest printed chronicle of ''Switzerland''.Bergier, p. 77. The ''Chronicle of the Swiss Confederation'' was written by Petermann Etterlin’s from Lucerne.Bergier, p. 77. According to the Swiss people, Swiss historian Jean-François Bergier, Etterlin decided to compose a chronicle on the history of the city of Lucerne towards the end of his life, between 1505 and 1507. Etterlin’s chronicle, which was printed for the first time in 1507 by Michael Furter, is considered to be the earliest surviving printed version of the William Tell story.Bergier, p. 77. Except for the section in which Etterlin describes his wartime experiences, the ''Chronicle of the Swiss Confederation'' is, for the most part, a compilation of earlier sources.Bergier, p. 77. As Müller observes, Etterlin’s chronicle is primarily based on Hans Schriber’s ''White Book of Sarnen'' (German: ''Weisses Buch von Sarnen''), Conrad Justing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wernher Schodeler
Werner Schodoler (also Wernher Schodoler (1490 in Bremgarten, Aargau – 15 October 1541, in Bremgarten, Aargau) was a Swiss chronicler. He was the author of ''Swiss History'', the earliest of the Swiss illustrated chronicles Several illustrated chronicles were created in the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th and 16th centuries. They were luxurious illuminated manuscripts produced for the urban elite of Bern and Lucerne, and their copious detailed illustrations allow a .... Literature *Walter Muschg and Eduard A. Gessler ''Die Schweizer Bilderchroniken des 15/16 Jahrhunderts'' Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 1941. External links Eidgenössische Chronik des Werner Schodoler* NZZ Archiv, 1951, Der Alte Zürichkrieg im Spiegel der Schodoler-Chronik(PDF; 4,1 MB) 1490 births 1541 deaths Swiss chronicles People from Bremgarten District 16th-century Swiss historians People from Bremgarten, Aargau {{Switzerland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petermann Etterlin
Petermann Etterlin (c. 1430/40 – c. 1509) was born in Lucerne, Switzerland, as the son of Egloff Etterlin, who served as chronicler of the city of Lucerne from 1427 to 1453.Müller, p. 397. Although his parents had destined him for an ecclesiastical career, Etterlin never became a clergyman.Müller, p. 397. In 1464, Etterlin was appointed copyist of the city of Lucerne.Müller, p. 397. Etterlin’s military career began in 1468 when he joined the army of the Swiss Confederation at the siege of Waldshut.Müller, p. 397. During a temporary exile from the city of Lucerne, Etterlin participated in the battles of Grandson, Murten and Nancy during the Burgundian Wars (Müller 397). In 1477, he was involved in a campaign against Lorraine.Müller, p. 397. After his return to his hometown in 1477, Etterlin was appointed the post of chancellor of the city of Lucerne.Müller, p. 397. In 1495, after his promotion to the position of chronicler of the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucerne
Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), district of the same name. With a population of approximately 82,000 people, Lucerne is List of cities in Switzerland, the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and a nexus of economics, transport, culture, and media in the region. The city's urban area consists of 19 municipalities and towns with an overall population of about 220,000 people. Owing to its location on the shores of Lake Lucerne () and its outflow, the river Reuss (river), Reuss, within sight of the mounts Pilatus (mountain), Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists. One of the city's landmarks is the Chapel Bridge (), a wooden bridge first erected in the 14th century. The official language of Lucerne is German language, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People
The Swiss people (, , , ) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 million in 2020. More than 1.5 million Swiss citizens hold multiple citizenship. About 11% of citizens live abroad (0.8 million, of whom 0.6 million hold multiple citizenship). About 60% of those living abroad reside in the European Union (0.46 million). The largest groups of Swiss descendants and nationals outside Europe are found in the United States, Brazil, and Canada. Although the modern state of Switzerland originated in 1848, the period of romantic nationalism, Switzerland is not a nation-state and the Swiss are not a single ethnic group. Rather, Switzerland is a confederacy (') or ' ("nation of will", "nation by choice", that is, a consociational state), a term coined in conscious contrast to "nation" in the conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Bergier
Jean-François Bergier (; 5 December 1931, Lausanne, Vaud – 29 October 2009, Blonay) was a Swiss historian. He was a professor at the University of Geneva from 1963 to 1969 and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich until his retirement in 1999. In December 1996, he was appointed president of the Independent Commission of Experts: Switzerland - Second World War, often referred to as the Bergier commission, which examined the relationship of Switzerland with Nazi Germany during World War II. Personal life Bergier was born on 5 December 1931 in Lausanne, the son and grandson of Protestant pastors. Both sides of his family were solid members of Swiss bourgeois society. He was married twice and had two sons from his first marriage. Education Beginning his studies at the University of Lausanne, he went in 1950 to Paris where he studied both at the Ecole des Chartes and the Sorbonne where he was deeply influenced by the French historian Fernand Braudel and others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Furter
Michael Furter (died 1516 or 1517) was a printer of incunabula in Basel. Printing career The first dated prints by Furter are from 1489. In 1494 he printed the ''Ship of Fools'' by Sebastian Brant for the publisher Jacob Bergmann von Olpe. Furter's workshop is notable for its illustrated prints and its large number of initial alphabets ( Haebler, ''Typenrepertorium'', 1905 lists twelve), including Etterlin's chronicle, ''Der Ritter vom Turm'' ( Marquard vom Stein) and the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius. In 1508 Furter and Gregor Schott jointly printed the third edition of the ''Margarita Philosophica'' by Gregor Reisch. Further also produced numerous popular works on grammar, jurisprudence, theology and morals. He was for a short while considered the first printer of Basel due to a typo in his prints and was the first to have depicted a coat of arms of Basel jointly with two Basilisks. Personal life Furter is recorded as buying a house in ''Ryngasse'', Lesser Basel on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tell
William Tell (, ; ; ; ) is a legendary folk hero of Switzerland. He is known for shooting an apple off his son's head. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri. Tell's defiance and tyrannicide encouraged the population to open rebellion and to make a pact against the foreign rulers with neighbouring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy. Tell was considered the father of the Swiss Confederacy. Set in the early 14th century (traditional date 1307, during the rule of Albert of Habsburg), the first written records of the legend date to the latter part of the 15th century, when the Swiss Confederacy was gaining military and political influence. Tell is a central figure in Swiss national historiography, along with Arnold von Winkelried, the hero of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schriber
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White Book Of Sarnen
The ''White Book of Sarnen'' () is a collection of medieval manuscripts compiled in the late 15th century by Hans Schriber, state secretary (''Landschreiber'') in the Swiss Confederation canton Obwalden. This volume, 258 pages in length, was given its name because of the white parchment in which it is bound. The White Book of Sarnen contains the earliest surviving reference to the Swiss national hero William Tell. Composition and structure The ''White Book of Sarnen'' was composed in 1474 by a country scribe called Hans Schriber.Bergier, p 63. Schriber’s book consists of two parts. The longer first part contains seventy-seven different documents that Schriber copied from original documents stored in the archives of Sarnen.Johnson, p 428. To this documentary section, Schriber added a brief report on the early history of the Old Swiss Confederacy.Bergier, p 63. This second part, 25 pages in length, makes mention of the Rütli oath The Rütli Oath (, ) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Justinger
Conrad Justinger was a 14th-century chronicler who was probably born in Strasbourg.Bergier, p. 59. Justinger, who had learned the trade of a chronicler in his home town, appears to have moved to the city of Bern in the last quarter of the 14th century.Bergier, p. 59. From 1390 until his death, Justinger served the city of Bern as a magistrate and notary public.Bergier, p. 59. In 1388, Justinger copied Jakob Twinger von Königshofen’s treatise '' Computus Novus Chirometralis''. Justinger’s handwriting furthermore appears in a number of chancellery documents of the city of Bern, such as the ''Udelbuch'' from 1390, the ''Satzungenbuch'' (German: ‘Statutes Book’) from 1398, the ''Freiheitenbuch'' (German: ‘Book of Liberties’) from 1431 as well as a Habsburg urbarium written after 1415.Keeling. In 1420, Justinger, who was appointed chronicler of the city of Bern around 1400, was entrusted by the Bernese council to chronicle the history of his hometown.Müller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernese Chronicle
The ''Bernese Chronicle'' (German: ''Chronik der Stadt Bern'') contains information about the early history of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The ''Bernese Chronicle'' was composed in 1430 by Conrad Justinger from Bern.Zahnd, Urs M. “Erläuterungen.” 12 April 2008. According to Müller, Justinger was entrusted by the Bernese council under the chairmanship of its mayor Rudolf Hofmeister to chronicle the history of his hometown Bern from its foundation until the present time.Müller, P. L. “Konrad Justinger.” ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' 14 (1881): 758–759. By Justinger's own account, the ''Bernese Chronicle'' is primarily based on documents that were stored in the archives of the city of Bern in the early 14th century. Furthermore, Justinger used the '' Narratio conflictus apud Laupen'' (Latin: ‘Narrative of the conflict at Laupen’) as well as the annals of the cathedral of Bern ('' Cronica de Berno'') as sources for his chronicle. Even if Justinger's monum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
