Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born 1477)

Johannes Aventinus

Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)

Johann Georg Turmair, known by the pen name Johannes Aventinus or Aventin, was a Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist. He authored the 1523 Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of Germany.