Beatus Rhenanus

Beatus Rhenanus

▪ German humanist and author
also called  Beatus Bild  
born Aug. 22, 1485, Schlettstadt, Alsace
died July 20, 1547, Strasbourg

      German humanist, writer, and advocate of Christian reform whose editorial work helped to preserve a wealth of classical literature.

      In 1505 Rhenanus received the master of arts degree from the University of Paris, where he studied Aristotelian philosophy. In 1511 he settled in Basel, Switz., where for the next 15 years he was one of the scholars working for the scholar-printer Johann Froben. Using recently discovered Rhineland manuscripts whenever possible, he edited the works of Tertullian (1521, first printed edition) and of the historians Curtius Rufus (1518), Velleius Paterculus (1520, first printed edition), Procopius, Jordanes, and Agathias (1531), Tacitus (1533), and, in collaboration with Sigismund Gelenius, those of Livy (1535). Influenced by Tacitus' study of German history and culture, Rhenanus in 1531 wrote the first extensive commentary on the origins and cultural achievements of Germanic peoples, Rerum Germanicarum libri tres (“Three Books on Germanic Matters”).

      At Basel, Rhenanus befriended Desiderius Erasmus (Erasmus, Desiderius), the Dutch humanist and critic of the medieval church. Both men sympathized with the principles of religious reform enunciated by Martin Luther, but when Protestant Reformers openly broke with the papacy, Rhenanus and Erasmus did not join them. In vain, Rhenanus attempted a reconciliation among Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli. He became the beneficiary of Erasmus' letters and treatises and was the first to catalog and edit the scholar's works (1540). His biography of Erasmus is valuable for its sensitive and detailed account of its subject.

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