Ulrich von Hutten

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Ulrich von Hutten
Ulrich von Hutten, c. 1522
Born	(1488-04-21)21 April 1488 Burg Steckelberg, near Schlüchtern, Hesse
Died	29 August 1523(1523-08-29) (aged 35) Ufenau on Lake Zurich
Occupation	Monk, knight, writer
Education	Theology
Alma mater	University of Greifswald
Period	Reformation
Literary movement	Reformation, Renaissance humanism, German Renaissance
Notable works	Epistolae obscurorum virorum De Morbo Gallico Ars versificandi Nemo
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Ulrich von Hutten (21 April 1488 – 29 August 1523) was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.

By 1519, he was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church. Hutten was a bridge between the Renaissance humanists and the Lutheran Reformation. He was a leader of the knights of the Holy Roman Empire along with Franz von Sickingen. Both were the leaders in the Knights' War.