Wernher Steiner
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Wernher Steiner was a chronicler of Zug
. His writings are among the important sources for Swiss history
during the first half of the 16th century.
As a military chaplain he witnessed the Battle of Marignano
in 1515
Most of Steiner's writing was not printed during his lifetime and survives in manuscript form, some of which were edited by his descendants in the 17th century.
Zug
Zug , is a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name ‘Zug’ originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to ‘pull up’ fishing nets and hence to the right to fish.The city of Zug is located in the Canton of Zug and is its capital...
. His writings are among the important sources for Swiss history
Early Modern Switzerland
The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy , lasting from formal independence in 1648 to the French invasion of 1798 came to be referred as Ancien Régime retrospectively, in post-Napoleonic Switzerland.The early modern period was characterized by an increasingly...
during the first half of the 16th century.
As a military chaplain he witnessed the Battle of Marignano
Battle of Marignano
The Battle of Marignano was fought during the phase of the Italian Wars called the War of the League of Cambrai, between France and the Old Swiss Confederacy. It took place on September 13 and 15, 1515, near the town today called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan...
in 1515
Most of Steiner's writing was not printed during his lifetime and survives in manuscript form, some of which were edited by his descendants in the 17th century.
Works
- Chronicon Tugiense de anno 1503 usque ad annum 1516 (1530)
- Miscellanea historica Dr. Wernheri Steineri; conscripsit manu propria Trinepos suus Joh. Rodolphus Steinerus, Helvetio-Tigurinus anno 1667
- Kurtze historische Beschreybung vnd zwaren mehrtheilss in Liedern, kombt har von meinem Atavo oder Pfuchänj Hn. Wern. Steiner. Von Hanns Caspar Steiner dem Hanss Rudolff Steiner verehrt 1685