Ulrich von Hutten's Partisanship in the Reuchlin Controversy (1514-1519): Determining Functions of "Invectivity" in Early Sixteenth-Century German Humanism
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the controversy around the Hebraist Johannes Reuchlin rather quickly developed from a mere scholarly dispute into a mass media event. The German humanists played a large part in this, countering his supposed opponent, the Jewish convert Johannes Pfefferkorn...
| Published in: | Journal of Early Modern Christianity |
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| Subtitles: | "Words at War: 'Invectivity' in Transformative Processes of the Sixteenth Century; Guest Editors: Cora Dietl, Bernward Schmidt, and Isabelle Stauffer" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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| In: |
Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Johannes Reuchlin
B Ulrich von Hutten B Johannes Pfefferkorn B Reformation B invectivity B Humanism |
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| Summary: | At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the controversy around the Hebraist Johannes Reuchlin rather quickly developed from a mere scholarly dispute into a mass media event. The German humanists played a large part in this, countering his supposed opponent, the Jewish convert Johannes Pfefferkorn, with a multitude of elaborate invectives, and acting as a vituperative community. Ulrich von Hutten participated particularly eagerly in the anti-Pfefferkorn discourse and was heavily involved in its satirical climax, the Epistolae obscurorum virorum . The concept of "invectivity" can provide a new heuristic focus for questions related to the function, effect and group dynamics of humanist invectives, especially in the example of Hutten, and help to better understand the complexity of this European media event. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2023-2036 |