Christian Theodor Ludwig Lucas, also known as Ludwig Lucas or C. T. L. Lucas (born 1796 in
Petrikau,
South Prussia
South Prussia (; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807 created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland.
History
South Prussia was created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland and i ...
– d. 1854 in
Schrimm,
Posen Province
The Province of Posen (; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of the historical Greater Poland. The province was established following the Poznań Uprising of 1848 as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen ...
), was a German writer and
pedagogue
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
.
Life
Lucas enrolled to study, first
Protestant Theology
Protestant theology refers to the doctrines held by various Protestant traditions, which share some things in common but differ in others. In general, Protestant theology, as a subset of Christian theology, holds to faith in the Christian Bible, t ...
and then law at the
University of Königsberg
The University of Königsberg () was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant Reformation, Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke A ...
in 1816. In March 1818, he represented the Königsberger
Landsmannschaft Landsmanschaft could refer to:
* Landsmanshaft, a type of Jewish mutual-aid organisation
* Landsmannschaft (Studentenverbindung), a German students' fraternity
* Organizations of German refugees from former eastern territories
** Landsmannschaft ...
(
fraternity
A fraternity (; whence, "wikt:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular ...
) on the ''Allgemeinen Deutschen Burschenschaft'' (ADB) in
Jena
Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...
. On behalf of
Theodor von Schön
Heinrich Theodor von Schön (20 January 1773 – 23 July 1856) was a Prussian statesman who assisted in the liberal reforms in Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
Schön was born in Schreitlauken, Tilsit district, East Prussia (now Še ...
, Oberpräsident (Governor) of
West Prussia
The Province of West Prussia (; ; ) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and from 1878 to 1919. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773, formed from Royal Prussia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal ...
he organised the libraries and archives of the monasteries, following the
dissolution of 1818–1835. In 1820 he began an academic career. In 1822 he became a teacher at the
Altstadt Gymnasium in
Königsberg
Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...
, in 1828 he served on Government School Board as an assistant to
Gustav Friedrich Dinter
Gustav Friedrich Dinter (1760–1831) was a German pedagogue, theologian and author.
Biography
He was born at Borna. He studied theology and pedagogy at Leipzig; held several pastorates, was appointed director of the Teachers' Seminary at Dresden ...
and in 1832 became director of the newly reorganised
Kneiphof Gymnasium image:ID003746 B178 KneiphoefGymnasDom.jpg, Kneiphof Gymnasium, with Königsberg Cathedral in the background
Kneiphof Gymnasium () was a Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in the Kneiphof quarter of Königsberg, Germany.
History
A cathedral school, th ...
. By 1835 he was an associate professor of German literature. Succeeding Reinhold Bernhard Jachmann, he served on the Provincial School Board for East Prussia in 1843, and in 1848 transferred to Posen Province.
Influence
He is best known in the English literature the influence of his writing on
legend
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the ...
s on
Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...
, in particular the role of ''Ãœber den Krieg von Wartburg'' (1836) in inspiring the opera ''
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
Tannhäuser (; ), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Historically, his biography, including the dates he lived, is obscure beyond the poetry, which suggests he lived between 1245 and 1265.
His name ...
'' (1845). Through the work of Lucas, Wagner learned much about
Mediaeval
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 t ...
saga
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.
The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...
, as he put it "The German Middle Ages in a significant coloring I had not yet dreamed of". Wagner also drew on Lucas for his ''
Lohengrin
Lohengrin () is a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. His story, which first appears in Wo ...
'', ''
Parsifal
''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chivalric romance ''Parzival'' of th ...
'' and ''
Tristan und Isolde
''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance ''Tristan and Iseult'' by Gottfried von Stras ...
'' operas.
Selected publications
Include:
DNB
/ref>
* ''Geschichtliche Nachrichten von Stadt und Schloß Marienburg in Preußen''. In: ''Beiträge zur Kunde Ostpreußens'', Vol. 2, Königsberg 1819
** Erster Abschnitt: ''Von der Gründung der Stadt Marienburg bis zur Erhebung derselben zum Sitze des Hohmeisters (1309)'', p. 238-254,
online
** Zweiter Abschnitt: ''Von der Erhebung Marienburgs zum Sitze des Hochmeisters bis zum Ende der Regierung Winrichs von Kniprode (1309-1382)'', p. 306-334
online
* ''De bellis Suantopolici, ducis Pomeranorum, adversus ordinem gestis Teutonicum liber'', Dissertation an der Albertus-Universität Königsberg, 8. May 1823.
* ''Über Klopstock's dichterisches Leben und Wirken'', Königsberg 1824.
* ''Prolog zur öffentlichen Sitzung der Königlichen Deutschen Gesellschaft am 3. August 1838'' (Gedicht). In: ''Preußische Provinzial-Blätter'', 20. Band, Königsberg 1838, S. 477-479
online
* ''Über den dichterischen Plan von Goethe's Faust''. 2. ed., Königsberg 1846
online.
* , in ''Historische und litterarische Abhandlungen der königlichen deutschen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg'' (Schubert, FW ed.)
**
* ''Zur Erinnerung an Simon Dach
Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania).
Early life
Although brought up in humble circumstances (his father was a poorly paid court int ...
. Ein Vortrag in der Königlichen Deutschen Gesellschaft am 15. October 1847 gehalten.'' In: '' Neue Preußische Provinzial-Blätter'', Königsberg 1847, p. 437-447
online
References
Bibliography
*
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Christian Theodor Ludwig
German male writers
1796 births
1854 deaths
Writers from the Kingdom of Prussia