Wenrich von Trier

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Wenrich von Trier († after 1090), also Winrich von Trier, was the head of the school at the Trier cathedral. In 1080 - after the second banishment of the German King Henry IV (1056–1106) by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085) on March 7, 1080 - Wenrich wrote a letter to the Pope, albeit under the name of Verduner Bishop Dietrich (1047-1089).

In the treatise , the Trier scholar expresses himself about the oath of loyalty to the ruler by papal decree, because all those subject to royal rule were released from their oath of allegiance to the ruler. Wenrich, who was on the side of the monarchy in the investiture dispute , now raises massive concerns and proves that the papacy, with the oath dissolution, puts its (supposed) moral concepts above the right of the king based on the oath of allegiance. From the Old and New Testament , however, it can be deduced that one has to keep the oath even towards evil and godless persons. If one does not adhere to it, one acts sinfully in spite of the moral claim.

Wenrich is also the author of the didactic poem "De conflictu ovis et lini", which consists of 770 Leonine hexameters .

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  • Wenrich von Trier: Epistola sub Theoderici episcopi Virdunensis nomine composita . In: Sources on the Investiture Controversy. Part 2: Writings on the dispute between Regnum and Sacerdotium (= Freiherr vom Stein memorial edition . Series A: Selected sources on German history in the Middle Ages. Vol. 12b). Translated by Irene Schmale-Ott . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1984, pp. 68–119
  • Winrich von Trier: The dispute between sheep and flax. Latin / German. Ed., Translated for the first time into another language and commented by Paul Dräger . Kliomedia, Trier 2010.

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SURNAME Wenrich von Trier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winrich von Trier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar, head of the school at Trier Cathedral
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1090