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Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013 – 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history , music theory , mathematics , and astronomy , as well as many hymns .
Reichenau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island (known in Latin as Augia Dives) in southern Germany.It was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin, [1] who is said to have fled Visigothic Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, with patronage that included Charles Martel, and, more locally, Count Berthold of the Ahalolfinger and the Alemannian duke Hnabi.
It was once commonly associated with the monastery of Saint Gall, but is now thought to have been composed by a monk of Reichenau. On the first hypothesis, it has been called the Epitome Sangallense Herimanni Augiensis , a Saint Gall version of Hermann of Reichenau 's chronicle.
As the last legitimate member of the Burgundian Welfs, Rudolph was considered a weak ruler by his contemporaries. The chronicler Wipo of Burgundy called him effete; according to Hermann of Reichenau, his rule was marked by idleness and chaos. Thietmar of Merseburg named the Burgundian counts the actual rulers, while Rudolph only held the royal ...
They were very popular in the late Middle Ages; there are about 5,000 rhyme sequences known. Although many were authored anonymously, notable sequence writers include Notker the Stammerer, Fulbert of Chartres, Hermann of Reichenau, and Adam of Saint Victor.
Hermann of Reichenau, 11th century scholar, composer, music theorist, mathematician, historian, and astronomer Walther von Reichenau , a World War II German field marshal Topics referred to by the same term
At Reichenau he erected the tall western tower and transept that stand today on the island site of Reichenau-Mittelzell. [2] One of his most famous students was Hermann of Reichenau , who transmitted Arabic mathematics and astronomy to central Europe.
Hermann of Reichenau; W. Wipo of Burgundy This page was last edited on 15 April 2020, at 04:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...