Hermann of Fritzlar
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Hermann of Fritzlar
was a medieval German
mystic and author
of a collection of legend
s, the Buch von der Heiligen Leben (Book of the Lives of the Saints), also known as Das Heiligenleben (The Saints' Life), which was written between 1343 and 1349.
Fritzlar
Fritzlar is a small German town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, north of Frankfurt, with a storied history. It can reasonably be argued that the town is the site where the Christianization of northern Germany began and the birthplace of the German empire as a political entity.The...
was a medieval German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
mystic and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of a collection of legend
Legend
A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude...
s, the Buch von der Heiligen Leben (Book of the Lives of the Saints), also known as Das Heiligenleben (The Saints' Life), which was written between 1343 and 1349.