Kaiserpanegyrik in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg 1711‒1746: Lateinische Reden und Gedichte von Christian Gottlieb Schwartz

Abstract

The free imperial city of Nürnberg, situated in the middle of Germany, had theprivilege to preserve the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire, and it was the only German freeimperial city which had a university on its territory (at Altdorf). It used to celebrate specialevents in the imperial history by the issue of medals and by festivals with orations and poemsin the town hall of Nürnberg or in the University of Altdorf. In this respect, the article coversthe time of 1711, the death of Emperor Joseph I, to 1746, the start of Emperor Francis I. Specialhistorical and literary attention is given to several occasions of that sort, namely to the issue ofa Nürnberg medal on occasion of the homage to Emperor Charles VI in 1712, to the Latindissertation on the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire, written by Johann Peter Ludewig,Professor at the University of Halle, and defended by a student from Nürnberg in 1713, to theLatin oration of Christian Gottlieb Schwartz, Professor at the university of Altdorf (1675‒1751),who was the official Latin orator and poet of the city of Nürnberg, on the occasion of the birthof Archduke Leopold, the son of Emperor Charles VI, in 1716, to the Latin ode of Schwartz onthe occasion of the conquest of the city of Belgrade by Prince Eugen of Savoy in 1717, to theLatin poem of Schwartz on the occasion of the festival for the 300th anniversary of the inventionof printing in 1740, to the Latin oration of Schwartz on the occasion of the death of EmperorCharles VI in 1741, to the Latin oration of Schwartz on the occasion of the death of EmperorCharles VII in 1745, and to Schwartz’ commented edition of Pliny’s panegyrical oration for theEmperor Traianus, dedicated by him to Emperor Francis I in 1746. Thus, the article representscelebrations of important historical events in an imperial city of Germany during the first halfof the 18th century which were accompanied by Latin texts. These are elucidated and observedin regard to their panegyrical function with the help of editions, translations, and interpretations.