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Sebastian BrantBy Annika Olson
Sebastian Brant Born: 1457/1458, Strasburg
Died: 10 May, 1521, Strasburg (Age: ~64)
Degree: Law
Renown for: Poetry
Renown work: Das Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools)
Supporter of the Church
Humanist and Satirist
Sebastian Brant by Albrecht Dürer
Family
Parents: Diebold Brant, Barbara née Picker
Eldest of three sons
Father died, January 1468
Married Elisabeth Burgin, 1485
Seven children
University of Basel
Founded 1460
Oldest University in Switzerland
Founding principal facilities: Divinity, Law, Medicine
Other Alumni:
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Carl Jung
http://www.unibas.ch(source: umsl.edu)
Life
Obtained doctor of Law (1489)
Professor of literature
Basel joined Swiss confederacy(1501)
Moved back to Strasburg
Became town clerk in 1503
Did a lot of editorial work after 1500
Ideology
Humanist
Poems often religious and political
Used some poetry to express his beliefs
Supported Emperor Maximillian I
Hoped for an Imperial Germany
“Knowledge of self is praised as the height of wisdom” (newadvent)
Works
Expositiones (1490)
Das Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools) (1494)
In laudem Marie Carmina (Songs in praise of Mary) (1494)
Varia Carmina (Various poems) (1498)
Editor
Decretum Gratiani (1493)
Terence (1503)
Bescheidenheit (1508)
And more…Varia Carmina
Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools)
Allegorical poem discussing the folly of man
Published by Johann Bergman von Olpe on 11 February 1494
Satire written in verse
112 (short) chapters
Wildly popular in Germany
Reproduced in English, French, Latin, Dutch, Low German…
Most complete edition from Father Zarncke (1854)
Of Old Fools by Master of the Haintz-Narr
Woodcuts
Source: digital.lib.uh.edu/
Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools)Chapter 6
Howe beit I stoup, and fast decline (a)Dayly to my graue, and sepulture (b)And though my lyfe fast do enclyne (a)To pay the trybute of nature (b)Yet styll remayne I and endure (b)In my olde synnes, and them nat hate (c)Nought yonge, wors olde, suche is my state (c)
Schon steh ich an der Grube dicht, (a)Im Arsch das Schindermesser sticht, (a)Doch – meine Narrheit laß ich nicht! (a)
Of Old Fools by Master of the Haintz-Narr
(English) tinyurl.com/pexymqe(German) tinyurl.com/nyzc9of
Critically
Popularity aside, it isn’t considered a very “artistic” poem.
Brant discusses a wide range of issues: social, political, and religious
Each chapter devoted to a different kind of fool.
Covered many different kind of “fools” from the contemporary time, from sinners to trivial troublemakers. By today’s standards, many of these are considered more trivial or just antiquated.
Sources
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sebastian_Brant.aspx
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02741a.htm
http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll15
http://www.nndb.com/people/150/000102841/
https://www.basel.com/en/history
http://tudigit.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/show/inc-ii-199
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/370486/Maximilian-I
The Ship of Fools: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20179/20179-h/20179-h.htm