Dietrich Engelhus
Dietrich Engelhus (also: Theoderich Engelhusen , Theodorus , Theodoricus Engelhusius , Engelhuys ) (* around 1362 in Einbeck ; † May 5, 1434 in Wittenburg near Elze ) was a teacher and author of Latin works.
After studying in Prague , Erfurt and Leipzig , Engelhus worked as a teacher in Bamberg , Einbeck , Göttingen and Magdeburg . Shortly before his death in 1434 he entered the Augustinian canons monastery in Wittenburg.
His main work is a Latin world chronicle , which under the title Chronicon continens res ecclesiae et reipublicae ab orbe condito usque ad annum Chr. 1420 was included by Leibniz in the Scriptores rerum Brunsvicensium (T. II. P. 977).
Engelhus wrote 1420/1430 the two manuscripts surviving Promptus , one of the first alphabetically structured encyclopedias .
literature
- Lexicon of the Middle Ages Volume 3, p. 1921
- Anette Baumann : World Chronicle in the Late Middle Ages. Heinrich von Herford, Gobelinus Person, Dietrich Engelhus. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1995, ISBN 3-631-48288-4 ( European university publications . Series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences 653), (At the same time: Munich, Univ., Diss., 1993–1994).
- Volker Honemann (Ed.): Dietrich Engelhus. Contributions to life and work. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1991, ISBN 3-412-07091-2 ( Mitteldeutsche Forschungen 104).
- Udo Kühne: Engelhus Studies. On Göttingen school literature in the first half of the 15th century . Universitäts-Verlag, Freiburg / Switzerland 1999, ISBN 3-7278-1211-7 ( Scrinium Friburgense 12).
- Helga Zinsmeyer: Engelhus, Dietrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 515 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Albert Schumann: Engelhusen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 141 f.
- Hiram Kümper: ENGELHUS, Dietrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 25, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-332-7 , Sp. 373-375.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich Engelhus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Engelhusius, Theodericus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelhus, Dietrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theoderich Engelhusen; Theodorus; Theodoricus Engelhusius; Engelhuys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | School teacher and chronicler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1362 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einbeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1434 |
| Place of death | Wittenburg near Elze |