Georg Achatz von Enenkel
Georg Achatz von Enenkel (also Ennenkel, Enenkl; * October 17, 1573 , † beginning of 1620 ) was an Austrian historian and scholar.
Life
Georg Achatz Freiherr von Enenkel (Latinized Georgius Acacius Enenckelius ) came from the evangelical noble family Enenkel von Albrechtsberg an der Pielach in Lower Austria . He studied ancient languages and philosophy in Strasbourg and law at the University of Tübingen . He translated Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War from Greek into Latin. He also wrote some legal papers.
He was married to Anna Freiin von Althann, the daughter of the imperial court chamber president Christoph Freiherr von Althann and Elisabeth Freiin von Teufel. The only daughter Esther Maria died early.
As a Protestant, he signed the Horner Bund in 1608 .
His brother Job Hartmann von Enenkel was also a historian and genealogist.
Works
- Thucydidis Atheniensis De Bello Peloponnesiaco Online
legal work:
- De privilegiuis parentum et liberorum (1618),
- Libri tres de privilegiis juris civilis (1606),
- De privilegiis militum et militiae (1607)
- Sejanus seu De praepotentibus regum et principum ministris (1620) that appeared in English in 1648 and in German in 1683. Link to the German edition
literature
- Franz K. Wissgrill, Karl von Odelga, scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the gentry and knighthood, Volume 2, p. 411ff, Vienna 1795
Web links
Georgius Acacius Enenckelius in Paul Oskar Kristeller et al., Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum: ..., Vol. VIII, p. 162, Washington DC 2003 Online
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Enenkel, Georg Achatz from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ennenkel, Georg Achatz Freiherr von (full name); Ennenckel, Georgius Acacius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1573 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1620 |