Thomas Naogeorgus


Thomas Naogeorgus was a Latin dramatist, humanist, Protestant theologian, Protestant reformer, preacher and pamphleteer of the German Renaissance.
Naogeorgus was born in Straubing. His dramatic works were very influential in the German Reformation. He was greatly influenced by Martin Luther, but his teachings stand independent of Lutheranism, and the publication of his exegesis of 1 John was opposed by Luther and Melanchthon. He died, aged 55, in Wiesloch.

Works

Pammachius, 1538Mercator seu judicium, tragedy, 1540Incendia seu Pyrgopolinices, drama, 1541Hamanus, tragedy, 1543Carmen de bello Germanico, poems, 1548Epitome ecclesiasticorum dogmatum, 1548Agricultura sacra, 1550Hieremias, tragedy, 1551Iudas Iscariotes, drama, 1552Satyrarum libri quinque, 1555Regnum papisticum, 1555, Basilaeae 1559.
His collected works were edited by Hans-Gert Roloff.

Literature

  • Franz Krojer: Naogeorg, in: Aufschluss des Gäubodens, München 2006,
  • Leonhard Theobald: Thomas Naogeorgus, der Tendenzdramatiker der Reformationszeit.
  • A. Hübner. Studien zu Naogeorgus.
  • P. H. Diehl. Die Dramen des Thomas Naogeorgus in ihrem Verhältnis zur Bibel und zu Luther, n 1915.
  • Leonhard Theobald: Zur Lebensgeschichte des Thomas Naogeorgus, Zeitschrift für Bayrische Kirchengeschichte 6, 1931, 143-165.
  • H. Levinger: Die Bühne des Thomas Naogeorgus, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 32, 1935, 145-166.
  • Leonhard Theobald: Das Leben und Wirken des Tendenzdramatikers der Reformationszeit Thomas Naogeorgus seit seiner Flucht aus Sachsen, Leipzig 1908.
  • Fritz Wiener: Naogeorgus im England der Reformationszeit.
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