See also:AVENTINUS (1477-1534)
, the name taken by JOHANN TuRMAIR, author of the Annales Boiorum, or See also:Annals of See also:Bavaria, from Aventinum, the Latin name of the See also:town of See also:Abensberg, where he was See also:born on the 4th of See also:July 1477
.
Having studied at See also:Ingolstadt,, See also:Vienna, See also:Cracow and See also:Paris, he returned to Ingolstadt in 1507, and in 1509 was appointed See also:tutor to See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis and Ernest, the two younger sons of See also:Albert the See also:Wise, the See also:late See also:duke of B avaria-See also:Munich
.
He retained this position until 1517, wrote a Latin See also:grammar, and other manuals for the use of his pupils, and in 1515 travelled in See also:Italy with Ernest
.
Encouraged by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV., duke of Bavaria, he began to write the Annales Boiorum, about 1517, and See also:finishing this See also:book in 1521, undertook a See also:German version of it, entitled Bayersche Chronik, which he completed some years later
.
He assisted to found the Sodalitas litleroria Angilostadensis, under the auspices of which several old See also:manuscripts were brought to See also:light
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Although See also:Aventinus did not definitely adopt the reformed faith, he sympathized with the reformers and their teaching, and showed a strong dislike for the monks
.
On this See also:account he_was imprisoned in 1528, but his See also:friends soon effected his See also:release
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The See also:remainder of his See also:life was somewhat unsettled, and he died at See also:Regensburg on the 9th of See also:January 1534
.
The Annales, which are in seven books, See also:deal with the See also:history of Bavaria in See also:conjunction with See also:general history from the earliest times to 146o, and the author shows a strong sympathy for the See also:Empire in its struggle with the Papacy
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He took immense pains with his See also:work, and to some degree anticipated the See also:modern scientific method of See also:writing history
.
The Annales were first published in 1554, but many important passages were omitted in this edition, as they reflected on the See also:Roman Catholics
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A more See also:complete edition was published at See also:Basel in 1580 by See also:Nicholas Cisner
.
Aventinus, who has been called the " Bavarian See also:Herodotus," wrote other books of See also:minor importance, and a complete edition of his See also:works was published at Munich (1881-1886)
.
More recently a new edition (six vols.) has appeared
.
See T
.
See also:Wiedemann, Johann Turmair gen
.
Aventinus (See also:Freising, 1858) ; W
.
Dittmar, Aventin (See also:Nordlingen, 1862) ; J. von Dellinger, Aventin and See also:seine Zeil (Munich, 1897); S
.
Riezler, Zum Schulze der neuesten Edition von Aventins Annalen;(Munich, 1886); F
.
X. von Wegele, Aventin (See also:Bamberg, ago)
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