Fortunat spokesman

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Fortunat spokesman for Bernegg; Oil painting by Johann Friedrich Dietler

Fortunat spokesman von Bernegg (born January 9, 1585 in Davos ; † January 14, 1647 in Chur ) was a Swiss lawyer, envoy in Valtellina and chronicler from Graubünden .

family

Speaker came from the respected aristocratic Graubünden family Sprecher von Bernegg , which originally came from Schanfigg . He was the son of Florian Sprecher and Elisabeth Sebregonzi. His grandfather played a key role in the occupation of Valtellina in 1512 ; he fell in 1515 at the battle of Marignano .

Life

In 1593, at the age of eight, speaker was taught Latin at the winter school in Davos by the former pastor of Chur, Luzius von Capol . From 1595 he was taught at the cathedral school in Chur, a kind of grammar school.

At the beginning of January 1600, a benefactor sent speaker to the University of Basel against the wishes of his parents, where he attended lectures on rhetoric, theology and history. In 1602 he became a spokesman for marriage judges in Davos , but interrupted this activity in 1605 to study law and French as an imperial notary in Paris . On November 29, 1606, speaker graduated with the dissertation De Donationibus materia at the University of Orléans to the doctor of both rights. He then traveled to Norway with a French scholarship.

In 1612, at the age of 27, Sprecher became General Proveditor in the Valtellina , a kind of reporter on political events. In 1621 he was given two embassies from the Three Leagues in Innsbruck and Imst with Archduke Leopold V of Austria. Spokesman reported, among other things, on the troubled times of the Grisons turmoil , the Battle of Calven and the Veltliner murder . Speaker worked in Chiavenna between 1625 and 1627 .

Works

Map of the three frets

Speaker became famous with his historical works. In 1617 the Rhaetian chronicle Pallas Rhaetica armata et togata was published in Latin , which reports in the greatest detail on the history of the war, as well as with a description of the subject countries with the history of their conquest up to the time of the author. At the Bundestag in Ilanz in 1619, spokesman gave a free copy for each of the three leagues . Each of the MPs received a copy of the map Alpinae seu foederatae Rhaetiae subditarumque ei terrarum nova descriptio (new description of the Alpine or Graubünden Rhaetia and its subject areas), the most well-known and most accurate Graubünden map of the early modern period. Speaker had designed it together with the geographer Philipp Clüver . In 1672 the Pallas appeared in German under the title Rhetic Cronica .

In 1629 the presentation of the Bündner Wirren Historia motuum et bellorum (history of unrest and wars) appeared in two parts . It is considered the most detailed and balanced chronicle of this time. The so-called Waser arbitration ruling of 1644, which restricted Davos' preferred position in the ten -court federation, affected spokesman's sense of justice in such a way that he gave up his activity as a chronicler. Spokesman's works appeared in Basel, Geneva and Leiden during his lifetime.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of Graubünden History: Volume 4; Sources and materials; P. 240; Chur 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Speaker, Fortunat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spokesman for Bernegg, Fortunat (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Graubünden lawyer, envoy to the Valtellina and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1647
Place of death Chur