Jan Campanus Vodňanský

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Jan Campanus Vodňanský (born December 27, 1572 in Vodňany , † December 13, 1622 in Prague ; also Iohannes Campanus Wodnianus or Jan z Vodňan , German Johann Campanus von Wodnian ) was a Bohemian writer, composer and rector of the Charles University in Prague .

Life

Campanus from Wodnian, Pisek District studied at the University of Prague and in 1596 obtained the degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Artists. He then worked for a few years as a teacher in Teplice ( Teplice ) and Königgrätz (Hradec Králové), was director of the St. Heinrich School in Prague and in Kuttenberg . From 1603 he taught Greek and Latin at the Charles University in Prague as the successor to the humanist Matthaeus Collinus, with lectures on the history of Bohemia . He has been appointed dean , prorector and twice rector of the university. He confessed to Utraquism , but converted to Catholicism after the defeat of the Bohemian Confederation after the Battle of White Mountain near Prague and the restoration of the Habsburgs as kings of Bohemia in 1622 , but had to resign his academic dignity on April 30, 1622. Campanus Vodňanský died in December 1622. He probably came from an impoverished noble family Campanus (also: Campan ) in western Bohemia .

Works

Vodňanský's writing about the Ottoman rulers

Campanus wrote mostly in Latin or German, but also in Czech and Greek. The performance of some of his works, such as the play " Břetislav and Jitka " (Bretislaus and Judith), were banned by the censors because they dealt with issues of family and national politics and damaged the reputation of the Bohemian dukes . His poems were characterized by formal perfection. As a composer, Campanus Vodňanský set sacred songs and texts to celebrate the service.

  • Tvrcicorum Tyrannorvm Qvi Inde Vsqve Ab Otomanno rebus Turcicis praefuerunt, Descriptio. Typis Otthmarianis, Prague 1597 (in hexameters), (online here) .
  • Centuriae duae diaritum seu Epigrammatum, 1600
  • Psalmi poenitentiales, 1604 ff
  • Funebria anno 1613 lethifero scripta
  • Querela pacis bellico tumultu Bohemiae anno 1618
  • Sacrarum odarum libri duo, 1618; Holy Odes Posvátné ódy - the recomposition of the Psalms Davidových žalmů ( Old Testament ) from Greek into Latin
  • Ischias - Bohemian history in the verse form of the hexameter.
  • Bretislaus and Judith, acting
  • Elegy of fear (elegy o strachu)
  • Asking for peace (Prosba o mír)

literature

  • Peter Krömer: The Masters of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Prague and their writings in the period from 1550 to 1621. Erlangen-Nürnberg 1972, p. 127 ff .: Complete list of the writings of the Campanus von Wodnian (Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universität, Dissertation, 1972 ).
  • Ottův slovník naučný. Volume 5: C - Čechůvky. Otto, Prague, 1892.
  • Heribert Sturm (Ed.): Biographical lexicon for the history of the Bohemian countries. Volume 1: A - H. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum . R. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , p. 178.
  • Otakar Odložilík : Mistr Jan Campanus. sn, Prague 1938.

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personal data
SURNAME Vodňanský, Jan Campanus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jan z Vodňan; Campanus; Campanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1572
PLACE OF BIRTH Vodňany
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1622
Place of death Prague