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Hrotsvitha

935 - 1002

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Hrotsvitha (c. 935–973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet.Hrotsvitha's six short dramas are considered to be her most important works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hrotsvitha has received more than 223,658 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Hrotsvitha is the 1,025th most popular writer (up from 1,119th in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,127th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Writer.

Hrotsvitha is most famous for her writing of "The Life of Saint Eustace."

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dulcitius
1916
Hrotsvithae Opera
1902
Plays
1923
The non-dramatic works of Hrosvitha
Autographs
1936
Poésies latines de Rosvith
1854
Théâtre de Hrotsvitha, religieuse allemande du 1̀0eme sìecle
1845

Page views of Hrotsvithas by language

Over the past year Hrotsvitha has had the most page views in the with 28,296 views, followed by German (17,358), and Italian (10,955). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (114.97%), Georgian (61.64%), and Romanian (40.99%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hrotsvitha ranks 1,025 out of 7,302. Before her are Mary Higgins Clark, Shūsaku Endō, Egill Skallagrímsson, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Guido Cavalcanti, and Persius. After her are Marguerite Porete, Benito Pérez Galdós, Jean-Claude Carrière, P. D. James, Charles De Coster, and B. H. Liddell Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 935, Hrotsvitha ranks 2. Before her is Harald Bluetooth. After her are Harald Greycloak, William IV, Duke of Aquitaine, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar, and Michitsuna's mother. Among people deceased in 1002, Hrotsvitha ranks 3. Before her are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Almanzor. After her are Rogneda of Polotsk, and Henry I, Duke of Burgundy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hrotsvitha ranks 1,019 out of 7,253. Before her are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emil Jellinek (1853), Hennig Brand (1630), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), and Gert Fröbe (1913). After her are Walter Röhrl (1947), Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), Karl Bühler (1879), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), and Günther Lütjens (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hrotsvitha ranks 64. Before her are W. G. Sebald (1944), Hans Sachs (1494), Kurt Eisner (1867), Tannhäuser (1205), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733). After her are Charles De Coster (1827), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Barlach (1870), Georg Kaiser (1878), Alfred Brehm (1829), and Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887).

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