MELCHIOR GOLDAST AB HAIMINSFELD (1576-1635)  , Swiss writer, an industrious though uncritical See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of documents See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• HISTORY

history and Constitution of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1576 (some say 1578), of poor See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant parents, near Bischofszell, in the Swiss See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton of See also:

• THURGAU (Fr. Thurgovie)

Thurgau . His university career, first at See also:

• INGOLSTADT

Ingolstadt (1585-1586), then at See also:

• ALTDORF

Altdorf near See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg (1597-1598), was cut See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short by his poverty, from which he suffered all his See also:

• LIFE

life, and which was the See also:

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

main cause of his wanderings . In 1598 he found a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of Bartholomaeus Schobinger, of St See also:

• GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
• GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)

Gall, by whose liberality he was enabled to study at St Gall (where he first became interested in medieval documents, which abound in the conventual library) and elsewhere in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . Before his See also:

• PATRON

patron's See also:

• DEATH

death (1604) he became (1603) secretary to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BOUILLON

Bouillon, with whom he went to See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort . But in 1604 he entered the service of the See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron von Hohensax, then the possessor of the See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious MS. See also:

• VOLUME

volume of old See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poems, returned from See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to Heidelberg in 1888, and, partially published by Goldast . Soon he was back in Switzerland, and by 16o6 in Frankfort, earning his living by preparing and correcting books for the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . In 1611 he was appointed councillor at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, and in 1615 he entered the service of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Schaumburg at See also:

• BUCKEBURG

Buckeburg . In 1624 he was forced by the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war to retire to See also:

• BREMEN

Bremen; there in 1625 he deposited his library in that of the See also:

• TOWN

town (his books were bought by the town in 1646, but many of his See also:

• MSS

MSS. passed to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, and hence are now in the Vatican library), he himself returning to Frankfort . In 1627 he became councillor to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor and to the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop-elector of Treves, and in 1633 passed to the service of the See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse-See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt . He died at See also:

• GIESSEN

Giessen See also:

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

early in 1635 . His immense See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is shown by the fact that his biographer, Senckenburg, gives a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of 65 See also:

• WORKS

works published or written by him, some extending to several substantial volumes . Among the more important are his Paraeneticorum veterum pars i .

(1604), which contained the old German tales of Kunig Tyrol von Schotten, the Winsbeke and the Winsbekin; Suevicarum rerum scriptores (Frankfort, 16o5, new edition, 1727); Rerum Alamannicarum scriptores (Frankfort, 16o6, new edition by Senckenburg, 1730); Constitutions imperiales (Frankfort, 1607-1613, 4 vols.); Mon, archia s . Romani imperil (See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover and Frankfort, 1612-1614, 3 vols.); See also:

• COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

Commentarii de regni Bohem.iae juribus (Frankfort, 1627, new edition by Schmink, 1719) . He also edited De See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

Thou's History (16o9-161o) and Willibald Pirckheimer's works (161o) . In 1688 a volume of letters addressed to him by his learned See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends was published . Life by Senckenburg, prefixed tc his 1730 See also:

• WORK

work . See also R. von See also:

• RAUMER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GEORG VON (1781–1873)

Raumer's Geschichte d. germanischen Philologie (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1870) . (W . A . B .