Berlichingen - Götz von Berlichingen

Japanese: ベルリヒンゲン - べるりひんげん(英語表記)Götz von Berlichingen
Berlichingen - Götz von Berlichingen

A knight during the German Reformation. Born in Jagdhausen Castle in Württemberg. At a young age, he organized a band of bandit knights, who attacked merchants in various places, intervened in disputes between feudal nobles, and imprisoned lords for ransom. When the Peasants' War broke out in 1524, he joined the Odenwald peasant group and was promoted to its leader, but secretly escaped on the eve of the decisive battle at Königshofen at the end of May. He was imprisoned in Augsburg from 1528 to 1530 for his participation in the peasant group, but after his release, he participated in battles against the Turkish and French armies and died in Hornberg Castle. Goethe's historical drama "Götz von Berlichingen" (1773) vividly portrays him as a free-spirited, lawless man.

[Yoshio Sehara]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ドイツ宗教改革期の騎士。ウュルテンベルクのヤークトハウゼン城に生まれる。若くして盗賊騎士の一団を組織し、各地で商人を襲ったり、封建貴族間の争いに介入したり、身代金目当てに領主を監禁したりした。1524年農民戦争が起こると、オーデンワルト農民団に加わり、その指導者に推されたが、5月末ケーニヒスホーフェンの決戦の前夜、ひそかに逃亡した。農民団に加わった罪を問われて28~30年アウクスブルクに禁錮されたが、釈放後、トルコ軍、フランス軍との戦いに参加し、ホルンベルク城で没した。ゲーテの史劇『ゲッツ・フォン・ベルリヒンゲン』(1773)は、自由奔放、無頼な人物像を鮮やかに描き出している。

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