Johann Gusebel, genannt Longicampianus. Ausgewählte Kapitel

Complete actual biographical data of a humanist famous by his speech in honour of Reuchlin (Ingolstadt 1520). His contact to Luther, Erasmus, Melanchthon, Reuchlin, Spalatin, Locher, and many other humanists. Added a lot of excursuses to illustrate life at that time. Some of them consist of several chapters. E. g. the unstoppable advance of the Ottoman empire until it was stopped for the first time at Vienna 1520 (Count Palat. Philip the Warlike): historical outline starting with the conquest and pillage of Costantinople 1453, historical popular songs, speech against the Turks (Ricci), shrovetide play (Rosenplüt, text, analysis, interpretation), etc. Luther's way to give consolation to those opposing their fate, including his interpretation of Psalm 90 as formulated by Dietrich. Erasmus, his "adoration" by humanists and its partial decay. Erasmus, 2 obituary dialogs (Reuchlin, Pope Julius II.). Hutten, "Letters of Obscure Men". On studies of the old languages (Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli, Reuchlin). Luther on marriage (1523). On mathematics (Luther, Melanchthon). Luther's influence on how to deal with dying and death. -- Many quotations and translations to give an impression, how they wrote and spoke. Personal considerations why and how representing historical material.