biography
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Fischart, Johann
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also known as Mentzer
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pronunciation:
[fishah(r)t]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1546–90)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Strasbourg, Alsace. He was a much-travelled humanist, adept in old and new languages, and an esteemed jurist (from 1581) at the imperial Reichskammergericht in Speyer. This post was preceded by satirical writings aimed against the papacy, his particular targets being Jesuits and monks. He is prized not so much for originality as for command of style. His works include Das glückhaft Schiff von Zürich (1576), Binenkorb Des Heyligen Römischen Imenschwarms (1579), and Legende und Beschreibung des vierhörnigen Hütleins (1580). |
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