Matthias Miles

Matthias Miles (also: Mulles ; * February 21, 1639 in Mediasch ; † October 1, 1686 in Sibiu ) was a Transylvanian historian.

Life

The son of Medias parish priest Matthias Miles d. Ä. had attended grammar school in Kronstadt in 1655 and studied at the University of Wittenberg since July 5, 1658 . In 1660 he returned to his hometown, where he became the principal of the grammar school. The following year he worked as a secret clerk for Johann Kemény and was sent to Vienna on diplomatic missions. He also appeared in the same way for his successor Michael I. Apafi and set up his residence in Sibiu. In his new domicile he was admitted to the council and on May 14, 1681, he joined the inner council. He was given the task of running the Saxon banner.

In the Great Turkish War in 1683, Transylvanian auxiliaries were also deployed. Since Miles was a council member, he participated in the mobilization, but without being involved in any combat. After the conclusion of a protective alliance in Vienna on June 28, 1686 with Emperor Leopold I , with whom Miles was present, Transylvania came under the rule of the House of Austria . Miles died shortly after his return from Vienna.

The memory of Miles stands out above all through his 16th century chronicle (the Transylvanian Würg Angel ) published in Sibiu in 1670 . It also contains a lot of information about the history of Moldavia and Wallachia . One of his scientific foundations for this is likely to have been Paul Eber's “Calendarium historicum” . The chronicle was reprinted in 1984 and 1998 due to its importance.

literature

Georg Daniel Teutsch : Miles, Matthias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 743-745.

Web links

Literature by and about Matthias Miles in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ also Milles; from Medias; studied from 1633 to 1636 at the University of Königsberg . In 1637 he was rector in Mediasch, in 1638 pastor in Bogatsch and in 1645 city pastor in Mediasch, † October 30, 1646 there.
^ Matriculation UWB (AAV IV 58, 254).
↑ Online .
↑ JK Schuller: Calendars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In: Archives of the Association for Transylvanian Cultural Studies. Association for Transylvania Regional Studies, Hermannstadt, 1848, Vol. 3, p. 348, online .

personal data
SURNAME	Miles, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mathias Mulles, Milles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Transylvanian historian
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH	Medias
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 1686
Place of death	Sibiu

[1] so Milles; from Medias; studied from 1633 to 1636 at the University of Königsberg . In 1637 he was rector in Mediasch, in 1638 pastor in Bogatsch and in 1645 city pastor in Mediasch, † October 30, 1646 there.

[2] Matriculation UWB (AAV IV 58, 254).

[3] Online .

[4] JK Schuller: Calendars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In: Archives of the Association for Transylvanian Cultural Studies. Association for Transylvania Regional Studies, Hermannstadt, 1848, Vol. 3, p. 348, online .