Hans von Rüte (died 23 March 1558) was a

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dramatist and chronicler of the

Swiss Reformation The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate, Mark Reust, and the population of Zürich in the 1520s. It led to significant changes in civil life and state matte ...

. His plays for the Bernese Fasnacht is an important contemporary sources for Swiss historiography of the mid-16th century.

Biography

Von Rüte is recorded as acquiring Bernese citizenship in 1528. In the same year he married the former nun Cathrin Hetzel von Lindnach. His origin and earlier biography is unknown. He has variously been identified as a native of Emmental, Solothurn,

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or Berne itself. In 1531 he was elected into the city council. In 1545 he was found guilty of adultery and lost his office as scrivener, which he was granted again, however, in 1546. In 1555 he was made bailiff at

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, where he died in 1558.

Works

Von Rüte's plays are based on biblical narratives. He mocks the Catholic veneration of saints as idolatry, likening the Protestant Reformation to the fight against Canaanite idolatry in the Hebrew Bible. Six plays were printed. A modern edition in three volumes was prepared in 2000. ''Sämtliche Dramen in drei Bänden.'' eds. Friedericke Christ-Kutter et al., Paul Haupt, Bern 2000, . *''Fasznachtspiel'' (''Abgötterei'', performed 1531, printed 1532) *''Joseph'' (1538) *''Gedeon''

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(1540) *''Noe''

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(1545) *''Goliath'' (1555) *''Osterspiel'' (1552)

References

Jakob Baechtold Jakob Baechtold, surname sometimes spelled as Bächtold (27 January 1848, in Schleitheim – 7 August 1897, in Zürich) was a Swiss literary scholar. He studied German philology under Adolf Holtzmann at the University of Heidelberg, then cont ...

: 'Rüte, Hans von'. In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). vol. 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 39. *Friedericke Christ-Kutter: 'Hans von Rüte. Ein immer noch unbekannter Berner Dichter aus der Reformationszeit'. In: ''Der Mohr''. vol. 25, Bern 1998, 11–25. *Glenn Ehrstine: ''Theater, Culture, and Community in Reformation Bern, 1523-1555''. Leiden 2002. *Kenneth Alan Fisher: ''Hans von Rüte. A dramatist of the Swiss Reformation'', Austin (Texas) 1975. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rute, Hans von People from Bern Swiss dramatists and playwrights Swiss writers in German 16th-century Swiss writers 1558 deaths Reformation in Switzerland

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