Kunegunde Hergot (died 7 February 1547) was a German
printer
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* Jame ...
in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
and the wife of first
Hans Hergot, and later of
Georg Wachter, both printers.
It is believed that she printed much of the material printed under Hans Hergot's name, and that he was simply the distributor.
[Göllner] The materials he was distributing were considered
heretical
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and politically radical, and while
George, Duke of Saxony
George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were ...
presided, Hans Hergot was tried and condemned to death. Kunegunde tried to convince the Nuremberg city council to intercede, but was unsuccessful, and Hans was publicly executed in 1527. Kunegunde continued the business under her own name until 1538.
See also
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List of women printers and publishers before 1800
The list of women printers and publishers before 1800 include women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a year ...
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Notes
German printers
1547 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Women printers
16th-century German businesswomen
16th-century printers
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