PHILOSOPHER

Andreas Karlstadt

1486 - 1541

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Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486 – 24 December 1541), better known as Andreas Karlstadt, Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, in Latin, Carolstadius, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of Wittenberg chancellor, a contemporary of Martin Luther and a reformer of the early Reformation. Karlstadt became a close associate of Martin Luther and one of the earliest Protestant Reformers. After Frederick III, Elector of Saxony concealed Luther at the Wartburg (1521–1522), Karlstadt and Thomas Müntzer started the first iconoclastic movement in Wittenberg and preached theology that was viewed as Anabaptist, but Karlstadt and Müntzer never regarded themselves as Anabaptists. Karlstadt operated as a church reformer largely in his own right, and after coming in conflict with Luther, he switched his allegiance from the Lutheran to the Reformed camp, and later became a radical reformer before once again returning to the Reformed tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Karlstadt is the 633rd most popular philosopher (down from 573rd in 2019), the 1,902nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,625th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Andreas Karlstadt ranks 633 out of 1,267. Before him are Diogenes of Babylon, Yuri Lotman, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yan Hui, Étienne Balibar, and Syrianus. After him are Maurice Blondel, Aristo of Chios, Yves Bonnefoy, Olympiodorus the Younger, Alexander of Hales, and André Gorz.

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Among people born in 1486, Andreas Karlstadt ranks 14. Before him are Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Johann Eck, and Francysk Skaryna. After him are Thomas of Villanova, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, Sigismund von Herberstein, Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ludwig Senfl, and Girolamo Priuli. Among people deceased in 1541, Andreas Karlstadt ranks 12. Before him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, and Bernard van Orley. After him are Fernando de Rojas, Juan de Valdés, Thomas Culpeper, and Wolfgang Capito.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Karlstadt ranks 1,902 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Steinhoff (1913), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), Eduard Rüppell (1794), Therese Brandl (1902), Ralf Schumacher (1975), and Kurt Gerron (1897). After him are Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Barbara of Brandenburg (1464), Prince Henry of Prussia (1726), Otto Abetz (1903), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), and Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Andreas Karlstadt ranks 84. Before him are Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Conrad Celtes (1459), Eduard Spranger (1882), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), and Eugen Fink (1905). After him are Eric Voegelin (1901), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Johannes Sturm (1507), Ernst Nolte (1923), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), and Rudolph Goclenius (1547).

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