Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (died 1530)

Willibald Pirckheimer

German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist

Willibald Pirckheimer was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods. One of the most important cultural patrons of…