Johannes von Tepl
Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415), also known as Johannes von Saaz (Jan ze Žatce), was a Bohemian writer of the German language, one of the earliest known writers of prose in Early New High German (or late Middle German—depending on the criteria).
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Johannes von Tepl
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- Born
- 1350.
- Died
- the 1410s.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Bohemia.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, scribe, teacher and municipal clerk.
- Known for
- Der Ackermann aus Böhmen.
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Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415), also known as Johannes von Saaz (Jan ze Žatce), was a Bohemian writer of the German language, one of the earliest known writers of prose in Early New High German (or late Middle German—depending on the criteria).
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He was literate in Czech, German, and Latin. Not much is known about him; historians presume that he probably studied at universities in Prague, Bologna, and Padua. In 1383, he became a solicitor in Žatec (Saaz) and in 1386 a rector of the town's Latin school. He lived in Prague from 1411. He spent almost all of his life in the Kingdom of Bohemia, during the reign of kings Charles and Wenceslaus. Best known for his early humanist poem Der Ackermann aus Böhmen (Ploughman of Bohemia), sometimes also called Der Ackermann und der Tod (Ploughman and Death), written around 1401 and first printed in 1460. Central themes of the book are their opposing views on life, mankind, and morality. (In the history of Bohemia, the ploughman is an important symbol of Bohemian kings—Přemysl, the legendary founder of the Přemyslid dynasty, was originally a ploughman.) The poem is regarded as one of the most important German poems in the late Middle Ages.
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1350
Johannes von Tepl was born in 1350.
1414
Johannes von Tepl died at Prague.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q66762: Johannes von Tepl
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- “Johannes von Tepl”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Johannes von Tepl (um 1350–1414 oder 1415), Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118818260, Johannes, von Tepl.
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Johannes von Tepl (um 1350–1414 oder 1415), Theologische Realenzyklopädie Online
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- 1.ADB 1 36 37 Ackermann, Johann Karl Bartsch ADB:Ackermann, Johann
- 2.Ein Denkmal verbindet. In: Der Ackermann, 69. Jahrgang, 2018, Heft 2, S. 10. In: Ackermann Gemeinde, München, abgerufen am 12. März 2021
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 118818260, Johannes, von Tepl.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Those registers additionally record the forms Jan ze Šitboře, Johannes, de Tepla, Jan, ze Žatce, Ackermann, Johann, Johann, Ackermann, Saaz, Johannes von, Tepl, Johannes von and Johannes, von Tepel.
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