Johann Reuchlin

German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew (1455-1522)

7 dated entries naming Johann Reuchlin, drawn from 6 separate years between 1455 CE and 1522 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1455January 29 – Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (d. 1522)source
  • 1486Johann Reuchlin begins studying the Hebrew language.source
  • 1490Johann Reuchlin meets Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.source
  • 1494Johann Reuchlin publishes De verbo mirifico.source

16th century

  • 1513September – The dispute between Johann Reuchlin and Johannes Pfefferkorn concerning the Talmud and other Jewish books, is referred to Pope Leo X.source
  • 1513September 9 – Johann Reuchlin is summoned for an inquisition trial, initiated by Jacob van Hoogstraaten. The verdict of the trial is never revealed, as when it is about to be announced on October 12, the archbishop of Mainz orders the court to go into recess on threat of resigning the court, and the trial never continues. Eventually, in March 1514, an ecclesiastical court presided over by George, Bishop of Speyer clears Reuchlin of any charges and orders Hoogstraten to pay the cost of 111 guldens, although this is overturned by Leo X in a papal decision in 1520.source
  • 1522June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (b. 1455)source

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