Gerhard Geldenhauer

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Gerhard Geldenhauer

Gerhard Geldenhauer (* 1482 in Nijmegen ; † January 10, 1542 in Marburg ), also known as Gerhardus Noviomagus , was a humanist , Lutheran theologian and reformer .

Live and act

Named Noviomagus after his place of birth, Geldenhauer studied in Leuven and was an advocate of Erasmic humanism. He got to know Hinne Rode in Deventer , Jakob Propst in Bremen and Johann Pelt in Braunschweig . He was crowned poeta laureatus by Emperor Maximilian I. As a monk he was a reader and secretary to Charles V , and later adviser to Philip of Burgundy in Utrecht .

After his death he traveled to Wittenberg to see Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon and Andreas Bodenstein , returned to the Netherlands as a staunch supporter of the Reformation and joined the Reformation movement. Thereupon he was expelled from his pastor in Tiel in 1526 and toured Upper German Protestant cities.

In Strasbourg he was particularly drawn to Martin Bucer , who took on the melancholy, reserved man and recommended him to the University of Marburg to take over the office of Franz Lambert of Avignon (1534–1542). He came into conflict with his teacher Erasmus von Rotterdam , and kept in touch with other humanists.

In his writings, as in his conduct, he was distinguished by a spirit of gentleness, especially towards the Anabaptists . Geldenhauer signed the Schmalkaldic Articles and was also sent by Landgrave Philip of Hesse to the religious talks in Hagenau and Worms . When he died, Johann Draconites gave the commemorative speech.

His son was Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer . His daughter Felicitas married Caspar Dryander († November 17, 1612), a son of Johann Dryander , in 1580 .

Works

In 1530 he wrote one of the earliest works on the history of the Netherlands, his " Historia Batavica, ex optimis quibusque autoribus. Cum nonnullis aliis ... antehac non visis. " ( Published in Cologne in 1541 by Eucharius Cervicornus (Hirtzhorn)).

literature

  • Jacob Cornelis van Slee:  Geldenhauer, Gerhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 530 f.
  • Gerhard Müller:  Geldenhauer, Gerhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 170 ( digitized version ).
  • J. Prinsen: Gerardus Geldenhauer Noviomagus. Leiden 1899
  • P. Kalkoff: Hedio and Geldenhauer as chroniclers ( ZGO 33, 1918, 348–362)
  • Hermelink-Kähler: University of Marburg 1527–1927. Marburg 1927, 122ff.
  • R. Stolzle: Gerard Geldenhauer (ARG 14, 1927, 65-77)
  • O. Hendriks: Gerard Geldenhauer (Studia Catholica 31, 1956, 176–196)
  • C. Augustijn: Gerard Geldenhauer and religious tolerance (ARG 69, 1978, 132–156)
  • Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence persons 12 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2005 ISBN 3-7728-2258-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dryander, Johannes. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data
SURNAME Geldenhauer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Humanist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1482
PLACE OF BIRTH Nijmegen
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1542
Place of death Marburg