See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

ERASMUS See also:

• ERASMUS ALBERUS (c. 1500-1553)

ALBERUS (c. 1500-1553)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German humanist, reformer and poet, was a native of the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Sprendlingen near See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1500 . Although his See also:

• FATHER

father was a schoolmaster, his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education was neglected . Ultimately in 1518 he found his way to the university of See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg, where he studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . He had here the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to attract the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther and See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon, and subsequently became one of Luther's most active helpers in the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . Not merely did he fight for the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant cause as a preacher and theologian, but he was almost the only member of Luther's party who was able to confront the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics with the weapon of See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire . In 1542 he published a See also:

• PROSE

prose satire to which Luther wrote the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface, Der Barfiisser Monche See also:

• EULENSPIEGEL [ULENSPIEGEL], TILL

Eulenspiegel and Alkoran, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• LIBER

Liber conformitatum of the Franciscan Bartolommeo Albizzi of See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa (Pisanus, d . 1401), in which the Franciscan See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order is held up to ridicule . Of higher literary value is the didactic and satirical See also:

• BUCH
• BUCH, CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD VON, BARON (1774-1853)

Buch von der Tugend lend Weisheit (1550), a collection of See also:

• FORTY

forty-nine fables in which See also:

• ALBERUS, ERASMUS (c. 1500-1553)

Alberus embodies his views on the relations of See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church and See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State . His satire is incisive, but in a scholarly and humanistic way; it does not See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to popular passions with the fierce directness which enabled the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic satire, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MURNER, THOMAS (1475-1537 ?)

Murner,to inflict such telling blows . Several of Alberus's See also:

• HYMNS

hymns, all of which show the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his master Luther, have been retained in the German Protestant hymnal . After Luther's See also:

• DEATH

death, Alberus was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Diakonus in See also:

• WITTEN

Witten-See also:

• BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

berg; he became involved, however, in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political conflicts of the time, and was in See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg in 1550-1551, while that See also:

• TOWN

town was besieged by See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . In 1552 he was appointed Generalsuperintendent at Neubrandenburg in See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg, where he died on the 5th of May 1553 .

Das such von der Tugend and Weisheit has been edited by W . See also:

• BEAUNE

Beaune (1892); the sixteen Geistliche Lieder by C . W . Stromberger (1857) . Alberus's prose writings have not been reprinted in See also:

• RECENT

recent times . See F . Schnorr von Carolsfeld, See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus Alberus (1894) .