Heinrich Truchsess von Diessenhofen

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Henry Steward of Diessenhofen (* around 1300 in Diessenhofen , † 22 / 24. December 1376 in Konstanz ) was a cleric and chronicler.

Life

Diessenhofen was the brother of Konrad von Diessenhofen . He studied in Bologna from 1316 and graduated there with a doctorate in 1324. He eventually completed a career in the Church. From 1341 he was canon in Constance. In 1344 he was a candidate to succeed the Bishop of Constance. He was the Pope's sub- collector from 1373 to 1374 .

His writings have a high source value in modern historiography.

Works

  • Johann Friedrich Böhmer (Ed.): Fontes rerum Germanicarum. Historical sources of Germany. Volume 4: Heinricus de Diessenhofen and other historical sources in Germany in the later Middle Ages. Stuttgart 1868, pp. 16-125. ( available online )

literature

  • Georg von Wyß :  Diessenhofen, Heinrich Truchseß von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 148 f.
  • Sabine Krüger:  Diessenhofen, Heinrich Truchseß from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 662 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Georg Modestin : Facta est magna strages. The Konstanz canon Heinrich von Diessenhofen and the contemporary historiography of the Laupenkriege. In: Freiburg history sheets. 85, 2008, pp. 33-67. ( Available online )
  • Georg Modestin: A coniuratio against Emperor Charles IV and the silence of the chronicler. Heinrich von Diessenhofen as the historiographer of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (1357-1361). In: Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica. 2/1, 2010, pp. 7-24.
  • Georg Modestin: Heinrich von Diessenhofen, Marquard von Randegg and the Great Dragon - Avignon, April 11, 1337. In: Swiss journal for history. 59, 2009, pp. 329-341. ( Available online )
  • Brigitte Wiggenhauser: Clerical Careers. The rural monastery of Embrach and its members in the Middle Ages. Zurich 1997, pp. 372-376.

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personal data
SURNAME Diessenhofen, Heinrich Truchsess from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cleric
DATE OF BIRTH around 1300
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH between December 22, 1376 and December 24, 1376
Place of death Constancy