Thangmar

Thangmar von Hildesheim (* approx. 940/950 in the Diocese of Hildesheim ?; † May 25th after 1019 Hildesheim ) was director ( scholaster ) of the Hildesheim Cathedral School and is considered the author of the biography of Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim , the Vita Bernwardi .

Life

The origin of this Saxon is unknown. He was initially a priest at Hildesheim Cathedral, and around 970 there, dean of the cathedral . As a schoolboy he was also a librarian and notary . From 976 he was the teacher and tutor of the later Bishop Bernward, presumably also of Heinrich II. Presumably before September 1000 he resigned from the office of cathedral dean.

When the Gandersheim dispute broke out with Archbishop Willigis from Mainz about whether Gandersheim belonged to Hildesheim or Mainz, he accompanied Bishop Bernward to Rome. In 1002 he made the trip again alone.

In connection with the campaign of Henry II against Baldwin IV of Flanders , in which Bernward took part in 1007, Thangmar is not mentioned. Thangmar can still be found in the list of witnesses in Bernwards' deed of foundation for St. Michael's monastery from November 1, 1019.

Thangmar found his grave in the Antonius Chapel under the St. Martin's Chapel, consecrated in 1003, in the cloister of the St. Michael Monastery, donated by Bernward , to which he had left a collection of 50 books.

Thangmar introduces himself as its author in the prologue of Vita Bernwardi . However, his authorship is generally recognized only for the first 10 chapters. The question is controversial for the following report on the stages of the Gandersheimer controversy that took place during Bernwards' lifetime and the Bernwards trip to Rome as well as the end with the construction of the monastery of St. Michael and Bernwards death.

literature

Text output

• Vita Bernwardi episcopi Hildesheimensis auctore Thangmaro . In: Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 4: Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Carolini et Saxonici. Hannover 1841, pp. 754–782 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
• Life of St. Bernward, Bishop of Hildesheim, written by Thangmar (?). In: Life descriptions of some bishops of the 10th – 12th centuries Century (= selected sources on German history in the Middle Ages. 22). Translated by Hatto Kallfelz. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1973, pp. 263–361.

Research literature

• Marcus Stumpf: On the source value of Thangmar's Vita Bernwardi . In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages 53, 1997, pp. 461–496.
• Knut Görich , Hans-Henning Kortüm : Otto III., Thangmar and the Vita Bernwardi. In: Mitteilungen des Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 98, 1990, pp. 1–57.

Biographical literature

• Wilhelm Wattenbach :  Thangmar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 651 f.
• Martina Giese :  Thangmar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-428-11207-5 , p. 77 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Knut Görich:  Thangmar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1359-1365.
• Patricius Schlager :  Thangmar . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 14, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.

Web links

• Literature by and about Thangmar in the catalog of the German National Library
• Thangmar in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
• Publications from and about Thangmar im VD 17 .
• Thangmar in the OPAC of the Regesta Imperii

Remarks

1. ^ Stump, Marcus: Thangmar von Hildesheim . In: The German literature of the Middle Ages: author lexicon . 11, supplements and corrections, 2004, p. Sp. 1514 .
2. ^ Bernhard Gallistl: Bishop Bernwards Foundation St. Michael in Hildesheim: Liturgy and legend . In: concilium medii aevi 14, 2011, p. 283. Note 120 ( online , PDF, 1 MB).