Meyer zum Pfeil, the Glossary
The Meyer zum Pfeil was a prosperous Swiss noble and patrician family from Basel.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Arrow, Basel, Cloth merchant, Coat of arms, Junker, Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil, Patrician (post-Roman Europe), Renaissance humanism, Swiss nobility.
- History of Basel
- Patriciate of Basel
- Swiss noble families
Arrow
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.
Basel
Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.
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
- 1356 Basel earthquake
- 1967 Basel Picasso paintings purchase referendum
- Basel Historical Museum
- Basel Massacre
- Basel frank
- Basel thaler
- Basel-Münsterhügel
- Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs
- Bernoulli family
- Bishops of Basel
- Burckhardt
- First Zionist Congress
- History of the Jews in Basel
- Merian family
- Meyer zum Pfeil
- Persecution of Jews during the Black Death
- Prince-Bishopric of Basel
- Salmon War
- Second Zionist Congress
- Sozzini family
- Stäbler (coin)
- Timeline of Basel
- Walls of Basel
- Zoo Basel
Patriciate of Basel
- Abel Socin
- Bernoulli family
- Burckhardt
- Merian family
- Meyer zum Pfeil
- Seyler family
- Sozzini family
Swiss noble families
- Bernoulli family
- Bitzius
- Brawand family
- Burckhardt
- Burckhardt family
- Capol
- Constant de Rebecque
- Count de Salis-Soglio
- Counts of Lenzburg
- Counts of Winterthur
- De Pury family
- De Saussure family
- De Steiger
- De Weck
- Diesbach family
- Erlach family
- Gosteli
- Grünenberg family
- Hottinguer family
- House of Candia
- House of Frohburg
- House of Habsburg
- House of Homberg
- House of Matsch
- House of Rapperswil
- House of Savoy
- House of Sax
- House of Toggenburg
- House of Zähringen
- Huwyler
- Jori
- Kyburg family
- Landenberg
- Langenstein family
- Merian family
- Meyer zum Pfeil
- Moos family
- Oron family
- Raron family
- Regensberg family
- Seyler family
- Sprecher von Bernegg
- Strättligen
- Tetmajer
- Van Leer Family
- Von Bonstetten
- Von Glarus
- Winkelried
- Zellweger