Overview

This cornucopia of poetic fruits from Hessus’s autumn opens with ""On the Tumults of These Times"" (1528), meditating on the Peasant War and the Sack of Rome, and exhortations to Emperor Charles V to heal Germany’s traumas and defeat the Turks (1530). Next are the masterpieces, ""Epicedia"" (1531), mourning famous contemporaries; the urban praise ""Nuremberg Illuminated"" (1532); and three books of Christian ""Heroides"" (1532), updated to reflect Lutheran teaching. The collection concludes with three dirges, a panegyric of Landgrave Philip’s victory in Württemberg (1534), an ""Elegy on Slander"" for Melanchthon (1538), and an ""Epithalamion"" for the Marburg jurist Justus Studaeus (1539).

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Author:   Harry Vredeveld
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   23
Weight:   1.569kg
ISBN:  

9789004735323

ISBN 10:   9004735321
Pages:   871
Publication Date:   23 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments De tumultibus horum temporum querela A Lament on the Tumults of These Times Introduction Title Page Dedicatory Letter 1 De cladibus et tumultibus suorum temporum querela / A Lament on the Calamities and Tumults of His Times 2 Praesentium temporum cum priscis collatio / A Comparison of Our Present Times with Those of Antiquity 3 Mutatio omnium regnorum Europae / Upheaval in All the Realms of Europe 4 Bellum servile Germaniae / The Serfs’ War in Germany 5 In afflictam bellis intestinis Germaniam consolatio paraenetica / A Parenetic Consolation to Germany, Afflicted with Internal Wars 6 Roma capta / The Captured Rome 7 Roma capta Ciceroni respondet / The Captured Rome Responds to Cicero Divo ac invicto Imperatori Caesari Carolo V. Augusto Germaniam ingredienti Urbis Norimbergae gratulatoria acclamatio To the Godlike and Invincible Emperor, His August Majesty Charles V, as He Enters Germany, a Congratulatory Acclamation from the City of Nuremberg Introduction Title Page 1 Divo et invicto Imperatori Caesari Carolo V. Augusto Germaniam ingredienti Urbis Norimbergae gratulatoria acclamatio / To the Godlike and Invincible Emperor, His August Majesty Charles V, as He Enters Germany, a Congratulatory Acclamation from the City of Nuremberg 2 Ad invictissimum imperatorem Caesarem Carolum V., perpetuum Augustum, ad bellum contra Turcas sumendum adhortatio / To the Most Invincible Emperor, His Imperial Majesty Charles V, at All Times Increaser of the Empire, an Exhortation on the Urgency of Undertaking a War against the Turks Illustrium ac clarorum aliquot virorum memoriae scripta epicedia Epicedia Written to the Memory of Some Illustrious and Celebrated Men Introduction Title Page 1 In morte divi Friderici, ducis Saxoniae, principis electoris, epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of the Godlike Frederick, Duke of Saxony, Prince Elector 2 Guilielmi Neseni, qui in traiectu Albis fluvii periit, epicedion / An Epicedium on Wilhelm Nesen, Who Perished While Crossing the Elbe River 3 In morte consummatissimi pictoris Alberti Dureri Nurenbergensis epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of That Most Consummate Painter, Albrecht Dürer of Nuremberg 3A Somnium de eodem / Dream about the Same 3B Ad pictores, ne Dureri laudibus offendantur / To the Painters, Not to Take Offense at the Praises of Dürer 3C Epithaphia in Albertum Durerum / Epitaphs on Albrecht Dürer 4 In funere doctissimi viri Mutiani Rufi epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of That Most Learned Man, Mutianus Rufus 5 Ulrichi Hutteni equitis ac poetae epicedion / An Epicedium on the Knight and Poet Ulrich von Hutten 6 In funere clarissimi Ioannis Reuchlini Phorcensis epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of That Most Illustrious Man, Johann Reuchlin of Pforzheim 7 Clarissimi viri Bilibaldi Pyrghaymeri epicedion / An Epicedium on That Most Illustrious Man, Willibald Pirckheimer 8 In funere summi viri Mercurini, principis Chattinariae, epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of His Excellency Mercurino, Prince of Gattinara 9 In funere Casparis Nucelii epicedion / An Epicedium on the Death of Kaspar Nützel Urbs Noriberga illustrata The City of Nuremberg Illuminated Introduction Text and Translation Heroidum libri tres Three Books of Heroides Introduction Tables of Corresponding Numbers Title Page Dedicatory Letter 1.1 Deus Pater Mariae Virgini / God the Father to the Virgin Mary 1.2 Maria Virgo Deo Patri / The Virgin Mary to God the Father 1.3 Maria Magdalena Iesu Christo / Mary Magdalene to Jesus Christ 1.4 Maria Ioanni / Mary to John 1.5 Lydia Paulo / Lydia to Paul 1.6 Helisabeth Ioanni Baptistae / Elizabeth to John the Baptist 2.1 Helena Constantino / Helen to Constantine 2.2 Paula Hieronymo / Paula to Jerome 2.3 Anna Ioachimo / Anna to Joachim 2.4 Martha Maximino / Martha to Maximinus 2.5 Monica Augustino / Monica to Augustine 2.6 Anastasia Chrysogono / Anastasia to Chrysogonus 2.7 Helisabetha Ludovico / Elizabeth to Ludwig 3.1 Catharina Christo / Catherine to Christ 3.2 Thais Paphnutio / Thais to Paphnutius 3.3 Cunegundis Henricho / Cunegund to Henry 3.4 Barbara Eusebio / Barbara to Eusebius 3.5 Sabina Alexio / Sabina to Alexius 3.6 Pelagia Nonio / Pelagia to Nonius 3.7 Maria Aegyptia Zozimae / Mary of Egypt to Zosimas 3.8 Dorothea Theophilo / Dorothy to Theophilus 3.9 Eobanus Posteritati / Eobanus to Posterity In funere clarissimi quondam viri, D. Hieronymi Ebneri On the Death of That Late Most Illustrious Man, Mr. Hieronymus Ebner Introduction Text and Translation De victoria Vvirtembergensi ad illustrem et inclytum heroa Philippum gratulatoria acclamatio A Congratulatory Acclamation to the Illustrious and Renowned Hero Philip on His Victory in Württemberg Introduction Text and Translation In funere clarissimi et incomparabilis eruditionis viri, D. Erasmi Roterodami epicedion An Epicedium on the Death of That Most Illustrious Man of Incomparable Erudition, Mr. Erasmus of Rotterdam Introduction Text and Translation Elegia recens scripta de Calumnia An Elegy Newly Written on Slander Introduction Text and Translation

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Harry Vredeveld, Ph.D. (1970) in German, Princeton University, is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, Columbus. Besides the Hessus edition and numerous articles on Neo-Latin authors, he has edited Erasmus’s poems for ""Collected Works"" (1993) and ""Opera omnia"" (1995).

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