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Johann Gottfried Schnabel
Johann Gottfried Schnabel (November 7, 1692 – ) was a German writer best known for his novel ''Insel Felsenburg''. He published his works under the pen name Gisander. Schnabel was born in Sandersdorf near Bitterfeld, today's Germany. Orphaned in 1694, he was raised by relatives.Meid, Volker: Reclams Lexikon der deutschsprachigen Autoren, Stuttgart 2001 After an apprenticeship with a barber from 1706 to 1709, Schnabel worked as a ''Feldsher,'' a military barber-surgeon, in the regiments of Wolfenbüttel and Saxony until 1717. In this capacity he took part in the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1719, Schnabel settled as a master barber in Querfurt. From 1724 he was court barber in the County of Stolberg-Wernigerode, where he was promoted to ''valet de chambre'' in 1729 and to court agent around 1737. The year 1750 shows the last record of Schnabel's life; his death date and place are unknown. ''Insel Felsenburg'' The ''Insel Felsenburg'' (literally: Rock Castle Island) was or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Insel Felsenburg
Insel may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Insel'' (album), a 2014 album by German band Juli * '' Die Insel (other)'', three German magazines * ''Insel: The Queen Charlotte Islands Meditations'', a 1983 book by Canadian author J. Michael Yates * Insel Verlag, a German book publisher, primarily of arts and literary material * ''Insel'', a novel by Mina Loy published posthumously in 1991 People with the surname * Ayşe Şekibe İnsel (1886–1970), Turkish politician * Paul A. Insel (born 1945), American pharmacologist * Thomas R. Insel (born 1951), American neuroscientist Other uses * Insel, Saxony-Anhalt, a German village * Insel Air Insel Air (formally ''Insel Air International B.V.'') was a Dutch Caribbean carrier that served as the national airline of the island of Curaçao. It was headquartered in Maduro Plaza, Willemstad. Insel Air last served five destinations througho ..., a Dutch Caribbean carrier * Mount Insel, a mountain in Victoria Land, Antarct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Anhalt-Bitterfeld
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750s Deaths
Year 175 ( CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 928 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 175 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Marcus Aurelius suppresses a revolt of Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria, after the latter proclaims himself emperor. * Avidius Cassius fails in seeking support for his rebellion and is assassinated by Roman officers. They sent his head to Aurelius, who persuades the Senate to pardon Cassius's family. * Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina, is named Caesar. * M. Sattonius Iucundus, decurio in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, restores the Thermae of Coriovallum (modern Heerlen). There are sources that state this happened in the 3rd century. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1692 Births
Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Raid on York (1692), Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a larger force of Abenaki and Penobscot Indians under the command of Penobscot Chief Madockawando during King William's War, between the French colonists and their indigenous allies, against the English colonists. * January 30 – English Army General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, a close adviser to King William III of England, is fired from all of his jobs by the English Secretary of State, Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, the Earl of Nottingham, on orders of Mary II of England. * February 13 – Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Robert Campbell slaughter around 40 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe in Scotland (from whom they have previously accepted hospitality), for delaying to sign an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Schmidt
Arno Schmidt (; 18 January 1914 – 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators. Although not among Germany's most popular authors, critics and writers often consider him to be one of the most important German-language writers of the 20th century. Biography Born in Hamburg, the son of a police constable, Schmidt moved in 1928, after the death of his father (1883–1928), with his mother (1894–1973), to her hometown of Lauban (in Lusatia, then Lower Silesia, now Poland) and attended secondary school in Görlitz as well as a trade school there. After finishing school, he was unemployed for some months and then, in 1934, began a commercial apprenticeship at a textile company in Gryfów Śląski, Greiffenberg. After finishing his apprenticeship he was hired by the same company as a stock accountant. There, around this time, he met his future wife, Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utopia
A utopia ( ) typically describes an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book ''Utopia (book), Utopia'', which describes a fictional island society in the New World. Hypothetical utopias focus on, among other things, equality in categories such as economics, government and justice, with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying according to ideology. Lyman Tower Sargent argues that the nature of a utopia is inherently contradictory because societies are not homogeneous and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied. To quote: The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia. Utopian and dystopian fiction has become a popular literary category. Despite being common parlance for something imaginary, utopianism inspired and was inspired by some reality-based fields and concepts such as utopian architecture, architecture, Cyber-ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinsonade
Robinsonade ( ) is a literary genre of fiction wherein the protagonist is suddenly separated from civilization, usually by being shipwrecked or marooned on a secluded and uninhabited island, and must improvise the means of their survival from the limited resources at hand. The genre takes its name from the 1719 novel '' Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "desert island story" or a " castaway narrative". The word "robinsonade" was coined by the German writer Johann Gottfried Schnabel in the Preface of his 1731 work ' (''The Island Stronghold''). It is often viewed as a subgenre of survivalist fiction. Common themes Common themes of Robinsonade works include the protagonists being in a state of isolation (e.g. on a desert island or an uninhabited planet), a new beginning for the work's characters, self-reflection as a plot point, contact wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Tieck
Johann Ludwig Tieck (; ; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romanticism, Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early life Tieck was born in Berlin, the son of a rope-maker. His siblings were the sculptor Christian Friedrich Tieck and the poet Sophie Tieck. He was educated at the , where he learned Greek and Latin, as required in most preparatory schools. He also began learning Italian at a very young age, from a grenadier with whom he became acquainted. Through this friendship, Tieck was given a first-hand look at the poor, which could be linked to his work as a Romanticist. He later attended the universities of University of Halle, Halle, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen. At Göttingen, he studied Shakespeare and Elizabethan era, Elizabethan drama. On returning to Berlin in 1794, Tieck attempted to make a living b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanticist
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjectivity, imagination, and appreciation of nature in society and culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Romanticists rejected the social conventions of the time in favour of a moral outlook known as individualism. They argued that passion and intuition were crucial to understanding the world, and that beauty is more than merely an affair of form, but rather something that evokes a strong emotional response. With this philosophical foundation, the Romanticists elevated several key themes to which they were deeply committed: a reverence for nature and the supernatural, an idealization of the past as a nobler era, a fascination with the exotic and the mysterious, and a celebration of the heroic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insel Felsenburg Map
Insel may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Insel'' (album), a 2014 album by German band Juli * ''Die Insel (other)'', three German magazines * ''Insel: The Queen Charlotte Islands Meditations'', a 1983 book by Canadian author J. Michael Yates * Insel Verlag, a German book publisher, primarily of arts and literary material * ''Insel'', a novel by Mina Loy published posthumously in 1991 People with the surname * Ayşe Şekibe İnsel (1886–1970), Turkish politician * Paul A. Insel (born 1945), American pharmacologist * Thomas R. Insel (born 1951), American neuroscientist Other uses * Insel, Saxony-Anhalt, a German village * Insel Air, a Dutch Caribbean carrier * Mount Insel, a mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica See also * "''Eine Insel für zwei''", 1961 single by American singer Connie Francis * ''Entdeckung der blauen Grotte auf der Insel Capri'', an 1838 German book * Nordwestliche Insel Mountains, an Antarctic mountain range * Rote Insel Rote Insel (lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valet De Chambre
''Valet de chambre'' (), or ''varlet de chambre'', was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on the patron, or looked after his clothes and other personal needs, itself potentially a powerful and lucrative position, others had more specialized functions. At the most prestigious level it could be akin to a monarch or ruler's personal secretary, as was the case of Anne de Montmorency at the court of Francis I of France.Reginald Blomfield and L. C., "Valet de Chambre," '' The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'', vol. 21, no. 109 (Apr., 1912), p. 55. For noblemen pursuing a career as courtiers, like Étienne de Vesc, it was a common early step on the ladder to higher offices. For some this brought entry into the lucrative court business of asking for favours on behalf of clients, and passing messages to the monarch or lord heading t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
