Johannes Atrocianus

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Johannes Atrocianus (from Latin atrox, “hard”, “strict”; * in Ravensburg in the mid-1490s ), presumably equated with Johann Grimm, was a poet, humanist and opponent of the Reformation in Basel . Atrocian enrolled at the University of Vienna in the summer semester of 1509 and at the University of Basel in 1513/14 . After completing his studies, Atrocian made his living as a schoolmaster. Between 1520 and 1524 he worked as a private teacher in St. Gallen . Atrocian then returned to Basel and in 1528 was schoolmaster at the Augustinian Canons' foundation of St. Leonhard .

Atrocian was in contact with prominent humanistic scholars from an early age. These included Erasmus of Rotterdam , the printer Johann Froben , Beatus Rhenanus , Glarean and Bonifacius Amerbach .

Atrocian had two sons, his first son Onophrius in 1528 was already at an age when he could write Latin epigrams himself. His second son was called Johannes like his father, which led to confusion between father and son (from Colmar ) and Johannes Acronius Frisius from Akkrum in Friesland from the 18th century onwards .

After the triumphant advance of the reformers and the iconoclasm in Basel, Atrocian left the city in the spring of 1529 and first settled in Colmar, probably until 1535. At about the same time as his son began studying, Atrocian moved to the Catholic city of Lucerne . In 1543, the Council of Lucerne gave Atrocian the management of the Latin school in the Barfüsserkloster.

Works

Atrocian's literary activity coincided with the advancing Reformation in Basel. With his writings the author speaks out against the Reformation, which he u. a. as the cause of the peasant wars and a widespread hostility to education. He wrote bitterly against the Basel reformer Johannes Oekolampad in particular .

  • Elegia de bello rustico , Basel 1528
  • Nemo Evangelicus , Basel 1528
  • Mothonia hoc est superbia , Basel 1528
  • Querela missae , Basel 1529
  • Epigrams , Basel 1529

literature

  • Menso Folkerts : A mix-up with consequences. The humanists Acronius and Atrocianus . In: Sudhoffs Archiv 85 (2001), pp. 55-63.
  • Christian Guerra, Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer , Judith Hindermann (eds.): Johannes Atrocianus: text, translation, commentary. 2018, 364 pp., Olms, Noctes Neolatinae, 30, ISBN 978-3-487-15731-3 .
  • Joachim Hamm: Servilia bella. Images of the German peasant war in neo-Latin poetry of the 16th century . Reichert, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-89500-205-4 , pp. 225–244
  • Judith Hindermann: Atrocianus, Johannes , in: author lexicon early modern times in Germany 1520–1620. VL 16, Volume 1, Col. 128-133

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Atrocianus comes from Ravensburg according to the registration of the University of Basel, cf. Menso Folkerts, p. 55
  2. ^ Christian Guerra, Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Judith Hindermann: Johannes Atrocianus: text, translation, commentary . 2018, p. 11-12 .
  3. ^ Christian Guerra, Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Judith Hindermann: Johannes Atrocianus, text, translation, commentary . 2018, p. 12 .
  4. ↑ cf. Menso Folkerts, p. 55
  5. ^ Atrocian: Epigrams 23 and 51 .
  6. ^ Christian Guerra, Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Judith Hindermann: Johannes Atrocianus: text, translation, commentary . 2018, p. 13 .
  7. ↑ so the NDB calls the nickname Atrocianus for Johannes Acronius Frisius, cf. Gerhard Eis:  Acronius, Johannes Frisius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 39 ( digitized version ).
  8. ^ Christian Guerra, Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Judith Hindermann: Johannes Atrocianus: text, translation, commentary . 2018, p. 14-15 .
personal data
SURNAME Atrocianus, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Poet, humanist and opponent of the Reformation
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravensburg
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century