Wilhelm Gnapheus
Wilhelm Gnapheus , also Willem de Volder , Willem van de Voldersgraft or Gulielmus Fullonius (* 1493 in The Hague ; † September 29, 1568 in Norden ) was a humanist and Reformed Protestant scholar.
Life
The Gnapheus, who came from a wealthy family, was appointed rector of the Latin school in The Hague in 1520 after studying in Cologne . Here he came into contact with the ideas of the Reformation . During the Inquisition and persecution in Holland, he was imprisoned with his friend Cornelis Hoen . After months of further imprisonment, in 1523 he came into contact with Jan van Woerden , the first Protestant martyr in the Netherlands, whose writings he revised.
After his release he left the Netherlands in 1528, as the persecutions were restarted after the situation improved. He emigrated to Prussia and came to Elbing and was there in 1531 in a carnival joke that ridiculed Bishop Mauritius Ferber , Nicolaus Copernicus (as Morosophus , a foolish sage) and other Catholics. Gnapheus became the first rector of the Elbinger Gymnasium, a Latin school, there in 1535. When there were disagreements with Johannes Dantiscus , the Prince-Bishop of Warmia, to whom Elbing was subordinate, he had to leave Elbing in 1541. The high school fell into disrepair. Gnapheus then moved to the court of Duke Albrecht of Prussia in Königsberg (Prussia) , first as a ducal councilor, then as rector of the newly founded education department and at the same time lecturer at the new university . Wrongly denounced, he left East Prussia in 1547 under pressure from the Lutherans who excommunicated him . Gnapheus then went to the court of the East Frisian regent Anna von Oldenburg as secretary and prince tutor , in whose service he remained until the end of his life. During this time he was also mayor of the city of Norden.
Works
- Acolastus (The Prodigal Son), Latin school drama, 1529
- Eloquentiae Triumphus (Triumph of Oratory), Latin school drama, 1541
- Morosophus (A Foolish Sage), Latin Comedy, 1541
- Hypocrisis (hypocrisy), Latin school drama, 1544
- Praise of the city of Emden and all of East Frisia . [1557]. Edited by H. Babucke. Emden 1875.
literature
- Heinrich Babucke: Gnapheus, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 279 f.
- Rolf Tarot: Gnapheus, Gulielmus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 482 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Gnapheus, Guilielmus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 256-257.
- Morosophus. A foolish sage. Of true and apparent wisdom. Latin and German. Edited, translated and explained by Hans-Dieter Hoffmann. Texts and studies on antiquity, the Middle Ages and early modern times, Volume 8. 171 pp., Numerous. Fig. Year of publication 2010. Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe. ISBN 978-3-631-58073-8 [1]
Web links
- Wilhelm Gnapheus in the Biographical Lexicon for East Friesland
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Gnapheus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nikolaus Kopernikus and Elbing ( Memento from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gnapheus, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Volder, Willem |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Humanist and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1493 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1568 |
| Place of death | North (East Frisia) |