Crantz (printer)
Crantz may refer to: *Creontius (fl. 771–786), Bavarian official and historian *Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (Roodt-sur-Eisch, Luxembourg, 25 November 1722 – 18 January 1799, Judenburg, Austria) was a botanist and a physician. In 1750 he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Vienna, where he was a pupil of Gerard ...

Creontius
Creontius, sometimes Germanized Crantz ( 8th century), was a Bavarian official and historian. He served as the ''referendarius'' of Duke Tassilo III (), a position variously translated as chief counsellor, secretary or chancellor. He wrote a now lost chronicle in Latin that is partially preserved by Johannes Aventinus (1477–1534), who inserted passages from it into his ''Annales ducum Boiariae'' and also translated some into German for his ''Bairische Chronik''. These passages were "long considered spurious but renow accepted as authentic". Nonetheless, Aventinus occasionally amended the works he copied to give them a false precision, so his version of Creontius' text must be approached critically. It is still a valuable source because it offers a unique Bavarian perspective on the reign of Tassilo. Creontius is a contemporary and independent source. He has a pro-Bavarian bias and, on account of Tassilo's marriage to Liutperga, daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, a pro-L ...
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