Brother intoxication

Brother Rausch is a Low German satire that tells how the devil, as "Brother Rausch", becomes a cook in a monastery, mocks the monks and promotes their fornication until he is finally banned. The writing appeared in 1488 in Low German and 1508 in High German. This legend was also known in Scandinavia and England. In 1882 Wilhelm Hertz created a narrative from the material. There may be a connection to the figure of the Hödeken .

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• Brother Rausch (= Zwickau facsimile prints . No. 28, ZDB -ID 989467-6 ). Facsimile edition of the oldest Low German print (A) together with the woodcuts of the Dutch print (J) from 1596. Introduced and provided with a bibliography by Robert Priebsch . Ullmann, Zwickau 1919, digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf .