Johannes Sturm (1507-1589)

The humanist Johannes Sturm was one of the most important educators of the 16th century and of Protestantism. Sturm was the founder and the rector of the Gymnase Protestant in Strasbourg. He was the author of numerous editions and commentaries on texts from antiquity, treatises on rhetoric, agendas for the educational system as well as schoolbooks and textbooks. He was involved in the creation of religious policies and as a diplomat attempted to mediate between France and the German Protestant rulers in order to improve the situation of the Huguenots. An advocate of a certain degree of tolerance, he was involved in a clash with the second generation of reformers in Strasbourg. The authors of this volume explore the image of the humanist in various ways on the basis of new sources.