Conrad of Mure, also often referred to as Conrad of Muri (c. 1210 – 30 March 1281), was rector of the diocesan school attached to the

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

Minster and author of a number of important treatises on

rhetoric Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse ( trivium) along with grammar and logic/ dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the techniques that speakers or w ...

and

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

. His ''Summa de arte prosandi'' (1275–1276) is one of the most learned introductions to the art of letter writing in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

. He wrote the ''Fabularius'', the first western encyclopedia in alphabetical order.

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{{Authority control 1210s births 1281 deaths Writers from Zurich 13th-century writers in Latin Rhetoricians