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Friedrich Spee

1591 - 1635

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Friedrich Spee (also Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld; February 25, 1591 – August 7, 1635) was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-phobia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Spee has received more than 96,780 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Spee is the 2,576th most popular writer (down from 2,342nd in 2019), the 2,727th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,443rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Trutznachtigall
German poetry, Collections, Accessible book
1649
Güldenes Tugend-Buch
Theological virtues, Spiritual exercises
1649
Trvtz-Nachtigal
1985
Trutz Nachtigal, oder, Geistlichs-poëtisch Lust-Wäldlein
1683
Lied und Leid
1961
Cautio criminalis, seu, De processibus contra sagas liber
Trials (Witchcraft), Witchcraft
1631
Cautio criminalis
Witchcraft, Trials (Witchcraft)
1632
Cautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch Trials
Witchcraft, Trials (witchcraft)
2003
Trutznachtigall
German poetry, Collections, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1649
Trvtz-Nachtigal
1985
Cautio criminalis, 1631
Witchcraft
1971
Güldenes Tugend-Buch
Theological virtues, Spiritual exercises
1649
Trvtz-Nachtigal
1985
Trutznachtigall
German poetry, Collections, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1649
Cautio criminalis
Witchcraft, Trials (Witchcraft)
1632
Cautio criminalis, 1631
Witchcraft
1971
Güldenes Tugend-Buch
Theological virtues, Spiritual exercises
1649
Cautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch Trials
Witchcraft, Trials (witchcraft)
2003

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Spee ranks 2,576 out of 7,302. Before him are Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, Anne Holt, Théophile de Viau, John Millington Synge, and Dionysius Periegetes. After him are Cleitarchus, Ignacy Krasicki, Parvin E'tesami, Johann Froben, Elmore Leonard, and Edgar Lee Masters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Friedrich Spee ranks 17. Before him are Stanisław Koniecpolski, Andrew Bobola, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Olimpia Maidalchini, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Dirck Hals. After him are Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Johann von Werth, George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anne Hutchinson, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and Robert Herrick. Among people deceased in 1635, Friedrich Spee ranks 11. Before him are Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, and Joos de Momper. After him are Domenico Tintoretto, Alessandro Tassoni, Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Johann Faulhaber, and Luke Foxe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Spee ranks 2,727 out of 7,253. Before him are Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), George Mosse (1918), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), and Ernst Wollweber (1898). After him are Karl Vogt (1817), Johann Niemann (1913), Johann Froben (1460), Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia (1336), Wilhelm Beer (1797), and Edmund Stoiber (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Friedrich Spee ranks 167. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), George Mosse (1918), and Wilhelm Worringer (1881). After him are Johann Froben (1460), Karl Gutzkow (1811), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Georg Herwegh (1817), Günter Wallraff (1942), and Waldemar Bonsels (1880).

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