Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum

collection of satirical Latin letters which appeared in the 16th century in Germany
VisualArtwork literary_work Q378187
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum

Summary

Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's instance of is recorded as forgery[4].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's genre is recorded as letter[5].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's genre is recorded as satire[6].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 199857164[7].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's GND ID is recorded as 4152543-7[8].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2011018466[9].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's Commons category is recorded as Dunkelmännerbriefe[10].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[11].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's publication date is recorded as +1515-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07l0k9[13].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's main subject is recorded as Johann Reuchlin[14].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's main subject is recorded as humanism[15].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's main subject is recorded as scholasticism[16].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[20].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Letters-of-Obscure-Men[23].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'epistolae obscurorum virorum'}[24].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's author name string is recorded as Anonym[25].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's set in period is recorded as 1515[26].
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum's vocalized name is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אִגְּרוֹת אֲנָשִׁים חֲשׁוּכִים'}[27].

Why It Matters

Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistol-obscurorum-virorum
MLA “Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistol-obscurorum-virorum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_epistol-obscurorum-virorum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistol-obscurorum-virorum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum — https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistol-obscurorum-virorum (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistol-obscurorum-virorum · Last refreshed: