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Sachs, Hans
1494 - Hans Sachs, born on the 5th of November in Nuremberg. He was a German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker.
1508 - When he was 14 he took up an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.
1511 - At age 17, he went on his "wanderjahre", that is, wandering about and working here and there, for five years.
1513 - He decided to become a mastersinger in Innsbruck.
1516 - He settled in Nuremberg and stayed for the rest of his life.
1519 - He married Kunigunde Creutzer on the 1st of September.
1525 - He had growing sympathies for Martin Luther and supported Luther's cause in some works.
1576 - Died on the 19th of January.
1508 - When he was 14 he took up an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.
1511 - At age 17, he went on his "wanderjahre", that is, wandering about and working here and there, for five years.
1513 - He decided to become a mastersinger in Innsbruck.
1516 - He settled in Nuremberg and stayed for the rest of his life.
1519 - He married Kunigunde Creutzer on the 1st of September.
1525 - He had growing sympathies for Martin Luther and supported Luther's cause in some works.
1576 - Died on the 19th of January.
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The Book of Trades (Standebuch) by Hans Sachs (Paperback - Jun 29, 1973) |
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The Book of Trades by Jost; Sachs, Hans Amman (Paperback - Aug 29, 1973) |
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Ebene isotrope Geometrie by Hans Sachs (Perfect Paperback - Aug 29, 1987) |
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The book of trades in the iconography of social typology: Delivered on the occasion of the first annual Bromsen Lecture, April 28, 1973 (Maury A. Bromsen lecture in humanistic bibliography) by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt (Hardcover - Aug 29, 1976) |
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Hans Sachs (German Texts) by Hans Sachs (Paperback - Jun 1, 1983) |
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Das Ständebuch. by Jost Amman and Hans Sachs and Hartmann Schopper and Manfred Lemmer (Hardcover - Jan 1, 1995) |
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