List of autobiographical works

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The list of autobiographical works gives an overview of known autobiographies .

Antiquity

middle Ages

  • Margareta Ebner , in: Philipp Strauch (ed.): Margaretha Ebner and Heinrich von Nördlingen. A contribution to the history of German mysticism. Freiburg i.Br. and Tübingen 1882. Faks.-Neudr. Amsterdam 1966. pp. 167-403: the letters. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Heinrich Seuse , in: Heinrich Seuse. German writings. Edited by Karl Bihlmeyer. Stuttgart 1907 (reprinted Frankfurt a. M. 1961) online
  • Heinrich Seuse, in: Heinrich Sese. Heinrich Seuse's German writings. 1. u. 2nd volume. Transfer u. a. v. Walter Lehmann. Jena 1911
  • Heinrich Seuse, in: Des Mystikers Heinrich Seuse O. Pr. German writings. Introduced, transferred and explained by v. Nikolaus Heller. FH Kerle, Heidelberg 1926
  • Friedrich Sunder , The grace life of Friedrich Sunder, monastery chaplain to Engelthal, in: Siegfried Ringler: Viten- und Revelationsliteratur in women's monasteries of the Middle Ages. Sources and Studies . Artemis, Munich 1980 (pp. 391-444).

Early modern age

  • Wolfgang Ammon, (1903). Self-biography of the parish priest Wolfgang Ammon von Marktbreit († 1634). Mitget. v. Franz Huettner. In: Archiv für Kulturgeschichte, 1, pp. 50–98, 214–239, 284–325.
  • Babur , Baburnama (English translation) , autobiography of the first Mughal ruler, created around 1525
  • Johann Beer , (1965). His life told by himself. Edited by Adolf Schmiedecke. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
  • Sigmund von Birken , (1988). Prosapia / Biographia. Edited by Dietrich Jöns u. Hartmut Laufhütte . Tübingen: Niemayer.
  • Johannes Butzbach , Odeporicon. Hiking booklet . Manesse-Verlag, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7175-1842-9 (translated by Andreas Beriger )
  • Johannes Butzbach (1912, unaltered reprint 1984). Johannes Butzbach's hiking booklet: Chronicle of a traveling student. Edited by DJ Becker. Neustadt an der Aisch: Schmidt.
  • Johannes Butzbach (1991). Odeporicon: an autobiography from 1506. Introduction, translation and commentary by Andreas Beriger. Bilingual edition. Weinheim: VCH, Acta Humaniora.
  • Ludwig von Diesbach : Ludwigs von Diesbach, Lord of Landshut and Diesbach, chronicle and autobiography. In: Schweizerische Geschichtsforscher, Volume 8 (1832), pp. 161–215 online in the Google book search
  • Ludwig von Diesbach (1986). The autobiographical notes of Ludwig von Diesbach: Studies on late medieval self-portrayal in Upper Germany and Switzerland. Edited by Urs Martin Zahnd. Bern: Stämpfli.
  • Giacomo Casanova , The Story of My Escape , first published in 1788
  • Giacomo Casanova , The Story of My Life , first published 1822–1828
  • Benvenuto Cellini , Mein Leben ( autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini ), created around 1557–1567, first published in 1728
  • Lucas Geizkofler (1873). Lucas Geizkofler and his autobiography 1550–1620. Edited by Adam Wolf. Vienna: Braunmüller.
  • Glückel von Hameln , memorabilia of Glückel von Hameln. Translated and edited. by Alfred Feilchenfeld. Jüdischer Verlag, Berlin 1913 (reprints of the 4th edition 1923: Athenaeum, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-610-04699-6 and others; most recently: Philo, Bodenheim 1999, ISBN 3-8257-0073-9 ).
  • Glückel von Hameln, The Memoirs of Glückel von Hameln. Translated by Bertha Pappenheim from the edition by David Kaufmann. Meyer & Pappenheim, Vienna 1910 (reprint with foreword by Viola Roggenkamp : Beltz, Weinheim 1994, ISBN 3-89547-040-6 ; paperback edition: Beltz, Weinheim 2005, ISBN 3-407-22169-X ; e-text at de. wikisource ).
  • Augustin Güntzer (1896). Augustin Güntzer's strange life story. A cultural image from the century of the 30 years war. Tells about himself. In: Barmer Bücherschatz, 3. u. 4th volume. Barmen: Wupperthal Tract Society.
  • Johann von Soest , in: Walther Karl Zülch (Hrsg.): Johann Steinwert von Soest. The singer and doctor (1448–1506). Frankfurt am Main 1920.
  • Felix Platter (1976). Diary (biography) 1536–1567. Edited by Valentin Loetscher. Basel; Stuttgart: Swabian.
  • Thomas Platter , Felix Platter (1878). Thomas and Felix Platter: On the moral history of the 16th century. Edited by Heinrich Boos. Leipzig: Hirzel.
  • Thomas Platter (1944). Thomas Platter: biography. Edited by Alfred Hartmann. Klosterberg, Basel: Schwabe.
  • Thomas Platter and Felix Platter: 2 autobiographies. A contribution to the moral history of the XVI. Century Edited by DA Fechter . Basel 1840 ( digitized version )
  • Thomas Platter: biography . Edited by Alfred Hartmann , 3rd edition, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7965-1372-5
  • Johann Steinwert von Soest (1811). Johann von Soest's own biography. In: Frankfurt Archive for Older German Literature and History. Edited by JC v. Fichard. Frankfurt am Main: Gebhard & Körber. (Pp. 84–139)
  • Franz Simon Meyer : The whole story of my indifferent life. Edited by Sebastian Diziol. Volume 1. 1816-1828. The teenage years. Solivagus Praeteritum, Kiel 2016. ISBN 978-3-9817079-3-9 . Volume 2. 1829-1849. In times of revolution. Solivagus Praeteritum, Kiel 2017. ISBN 978-3-9817079-6-0 .
  • Pius II , Commentarii rerum memorabilium que temporibus suis contigerunt , 1463
  • Lucas Rem (1861). Lucas Rem's diary from 1494–1541. Edited by B. Greiff. Augsburg: Hartmann.
  • Andreas Ryff (1870). Autobiography of Andreas Ryff (until 1574). In: Contributions to patriotic history. 9th volume. Edited by the historical society in Basel. Basel: Georg.
  • Bartholomäus Sastrow (1823-1824). Bartholomäi Sastrowen Origin, birth and course of his whole life. 1st to 3rd volume. Edited by Gottlieb Christian Friedrich Mohnike. Greifswald: University bookstore.
  • Balthasar Sibenhar (1901). The autobiography of Balthasar Sibenhar, pastor in Beyerberg 1572–1601. Notified v. J. Bickel. In: Contributions to Bavarian Church History, 7/8. 7, pp. 256-274 and 8, pp. 32-48.
  • Matthäus Schwarz , in: August Fink (Hrsg.): Die Schwarzschen Trachtenbücher . German Association for Art History, Berlin 1963.
  • Matthäus Schwarz , Veit Konrad Schwarz , (1963). Schwarz's costume books. Edited by August Fink. Berlin: German Association for Art History.
  • Hermann von Weinsberg : Overall edition project (digital ongoing)
  • Digital edition project with historical and linguistic analysis of the records of the Cologne citizen Hermann Weinsberg (1518–1597) at the University of Bonn (accessed on July 19, 2012)
  • Burkhard Zingg (= Burkart Zink), in: C. Hegel (Ed.): "The Chronicles of German Cities", Vol. 5, Leipzig 1866. S. XI-XLV.

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