BRANT, SEBASTIAN


Meaning of BRANT, SEBASTIAN in English

born 1458?, Strassburg

died May 10, 1521, Strassburg

German poet.

He taught law and later was appointed imperial councillor and court palatine by Maximilian I . His varied writings include works on law, religion, politics, and especially morals. His best-known work is The Ship of Fools (1494), an allegory telling of fools on a ship bound for a "fool's paradise." The most famous German literary work of the 15th century, it ridicules the vices of the age and gave rise to a whole school of fool's literature.

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