Since the late fourteenth century, the topic of marriage gained importance in the public discourse, as poets and humanists all over Europe began to reflect upon this institution in legal, political, ethical, moral, and especially emotional terms. Poets such as Hugo von Montfort, Christine de Pizan, Johann von Tepl, and John Gower addressed the value and challenge of marriage in their works. For humanists, marriage constituted a critically important social entity, and the Protestants subsequently fully subscribed to marriage as the best form of cohabitation.
One of the most influential participants in this discourse on marriage was the German humanist Albrecht von Eyb, who was born in Castle Sommersdorf near Ansbach (southern Franconia in modern-day Bavaria; today called Burgoberbach) on
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Citation: Classen, Albrecht. "Albrecht von Eyb". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 October 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15312, accessed 23 November 2024.]
