HANS See also:

• HANS SACHS (1494-1576)
• SACHS, JULIUS VON (1832-1897)
• SACHS, MICHAEL (1808–1864)

SACHS (1494-1576)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg on the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1494 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a tailor, and he himself was trained to the calling of a shoemaker . Before this, however, he received a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the Latin school of Nuremberg, which See also:

• LEFT

left behind it alasting See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the stories of antiquity . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1509 he began his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship, and was at the same 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 initiated into the See also:

• ART

art of the Meistersingers by a See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

weaver, Leonhard Nunnenpeck . In 151 he set out on his Wanderjahre, and workedat his See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft in many towns, including See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg, See also:

• PASSAU

Passau, See also:

• SALZBURG

Salzburg, See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, See also:

• OSNABRUCK

Osnabruck, See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . In 1516 he returned to Nuremberg, where he remained during the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life, working steadily at his handiwork and devoting his leisure time to literature . In 1517 he became 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 his gild and in 1519 married . The See also:

• GREAT

great ,event of his intellectual life was the coming of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation; he became an ardent adherent of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther, and in 1523 wrote in Luther's See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour the poem beginning See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die wittenbergisch Nachtigall, Die See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man jetzt horet uberall, and four remarkable dialogues in See also:

• PROSE

prose, in which his warm sympathy with the reformer is tempered by counsels of moderation . In spite of this, his advocacy of the new faith brought upon him a reproof from the See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of Nuremberg; and he was forbidden to publish any more Brichlein See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder Reimen . It was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, however, before the council itself openly threw in its See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot with the Reformation . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Hans See also:

• SACHS, HANS (1494-1576)
• SACHS, JULIUS VON (1832-1897)
• SACHS, MICHAEL (1808–1864)

Sachs's first wife in 156o he married again . His death took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 19th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1576 .

Hans Sachs was an extraordinarily fertile poet . By the See also:

• YEAR

year . 1567 he had composed, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, 4275 Meisterlieder, 1700 tales and fables in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and 208 dramas, which filled no fewer than 34 large See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript volumes; and this was. not all, for he continued See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing until 1573 . The Meisterlieder were not printed, being intended solely for the use of the Nuremberg See also:

• MEISTERSINGER (Ger. for " master-singer ")

Meistersinger school, of which Sachs was the' leading spirit . His fame rests mainly on the Spruchgedichte, which include his dramatic writings . His ` tragedies"' and`comedies " are,,however, little more than stories told in See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue, and divided at convenient pauses into a varying number of acts; of the essentials of dramatic construction or the nature of dramatic See also:

• ACTION

action Sachs has little See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea . The subjects are See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the most varied See also:

• SOURCES

sources, the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian novelists being especially laid under contribution . He succeeds best in the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short anecdotal Fastnachtsspiel or Shrovetide See also:

• PLAY

play, where characterization and humorous situation are of See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere importance than dramatic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form or construction . `Farces like Der fahrende Schuler See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Paradies (155o)DasWildbad (1550), Dasheiss Eisen (1551), Der See also:

• BAUER, BRUNO (1809-1882)

Bauer im Fegefeuer (1552) are inimitable in their way, and have even been played with success on the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . Hans Sachs himself made a, beginning to an edition of his collected, writings by See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing three large See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio volumes (1558-1561); after his death two other volumes appeared (1578, 1579) . A See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition has been published by the See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart Literarischer Verein, edited-by A. von See also:

• KELLER, ALBERT (1845- )
• KELLER, GOTTFRIED (1819-1890)
• KELLER, HELEN ADAMS (188o- )

Keller and E . Goetze (23 vols., 187o-1896) ; Sdmtliche Fastnachtsspiele, ed. by E .

Goetze (7 vols., 188o-1887) ; Semtlicke Fabeln and Schwi nke, by the same (3 vols., 1893) . There are, also See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of selected writings by J.,Tittmann (3 vols., 187o-1871; new ed., 1883-1885) and B . See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold (2 vols., 1885) . See E . K . J . Lutzelberger, Hans Sachs (1876); C . See also:

• SCHWEITZER, JEAN BAPTISTA VON (1833–1875)

Schweitzer, Etude sur la See also:

• VIE

vie et See also:

• LES

les oeuvres de Hens Sachs (1887) ; K . Drescher, Hans -Sachs-Studien (1890, 1891); E . Goetze, Hans Sachs (1891); A . L . Stiefel, Hans Sachs-Forschungen (1894) ; R .

Genee, Hans Sachs and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Zeit (1894; end ed., .1902); E .