Thomas Naogeorgus
Thomas Naogeorgus (Thomas Kirchmeyer, Kirchmair, Neubauer ; 21 December 1508 – 29 December 1563) 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 , 1538
Mercator seu judicium , tragedy, 1540
Incendia seu Pyrgopolinices , drama, 1541
Hamanus , tragedy, 1543
Carmen de bello Germanico , poems, 1548
Epitome ecclesiasticorum dogmatum , 1548
Agricultura sacra , 1550
Hieremias , tragedy, 1551
Iudas Iscariotes , drama, 1552
Satyrarum libri quinque , 1555
Regnum papisticum , 1555
De dissidiis componendis, ad Mathiam Bredenbachium, ludimagistrum Embricensem , Basilaeae 1559.
His collected works were edited by Hans-Gert Roloff (Berlin 1975-).
Literature
Franz Krojer: Naogeorg , in: Aufschluss des Gäubodens, München 2006 (Differenz-Verlag), (PDF )
Leonhard Theobald: Thomas Naogeorgus, der Tendenzdramatiker der Reformationszeit (Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift 17, 1906, 764–794; 18, 1907, 65–90, 327-350, 409–425).
A. Hübner. Studien zu Naogeorgus (Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum 54, 1913, 297–338; 57, 1920, 193-222).
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 (1913).
Erich Schmidt (1886), "Naogeorg, Thomas ", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 245–250
Hans-Gert Roloff (1997), "Naogeorg, Thomas" , Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 18, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 729–730
Literature by and about Thomas Naogeorgus in the German National Library catalogue
"Thomas Naogeorgus". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
"Thomas Naogeorgus". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
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