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Meyer zum Pfeil, the Glossary

Index Meyer zum Pfeil

The Meyer zum Pfeil was a prosperous Swiss noble and patrician family from Basel.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 9 relations: Arrow, Basel, Cloth merchant, Coat of arms, Junker, Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil, Patrician (post-Roman Europe), Renaissance humanism, Swiss nobility.

  2. History of Basel
  3. Patriciate of Basel
  4. Swiss noble families

Arrow

An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Cloth merchant

In the Middle Ages or 16th and 17th centuries, a cloth merchant was one who owned or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing or wholesale import or export business.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Junker

Junker (Junker, Junker, Jonkheer, Yunker, Junker, Junker, იუნკერი, Iunkeri) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German Juncherre, meaning 'young nobleman'Duden; Meaning of Junker, in German.

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Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil

Junker Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil (1451Hans Berner: „Meyer zum Pfeil, Adelberg“, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 17 (1994), p. 324 ff. in Basel – 1500 in Basel) was a German renaissance humanist and author from Basel.

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Patrician (post-Roman Europe)

Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a social class of patrician families, whose members were initially the only people allowed to exercise many political functions.

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Renaissance humanism

Renaissance humanism was a worldview centered on the nature and importance of humanity that emerged from the study of Classical antiquity.

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Swiss nobility

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a collection of semi-autonomous cantons.

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See also

History of Basel

Patriciate of Basel

Swiss noble families

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_zum_Pfeil