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Nicolaus von Jeroschin

d. c. 1341 · 14th century · Also known as Nikolaus von Jeroschin

Nicolaus von Jeroschin was a priest of the Teutonic Order and a Middle High German poet in Prussia. In the 1330s he translated Peter of Dusburg's Latin Chronicle of the Prussian Land into German verse as the Kronike von Pruzinlant, adding some material of his own. His work is an important example of the literature produced within the Order.

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