Franciscus Irenicus, byname of Franz Friedlieb (1494/1495 – 1553) was a German humanist,
Protestant reformer and historian.
He was born in
Ettlingen
Ettlingen (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Eddlinge'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about south of the city of Karlsruhe and approximately from the German-French border, border with Lauterbourg, in France's Bas-Rhin, ...
and died in
Gemmingen. He studied at the famous Latin school in Pforzheim, where
Philipp Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the ...
[''Corpus Reformatorum'' 10:259.] was a fellow student in 1508-09. As a patriotic
humanist
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The meaning of the term "humanism" ha ...
he describes
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
in twelve books: , which appeared in
Hagenau
Haguenau (; or ; ; historical ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Département in France, department of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture.
It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg ...
in 1518.
References
Melanchthon, Philipp, ''Corpus Reformatorum'', eds. K. Bretschneider and H. Bindseil, 28 vols (Halle: Schwetschke, 1834–60).
External links
Ortelius Bibliography
1490s births
1553 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
German Renaissance humanists
16th-century German historians
People from the Margraviate of Baden
German male non-fiction writers
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