Gilg Tschudi

Swiss historian
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Also known as: Aegidius
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Also called:
Aegidius
Born:
Feb. 5, 1505, Glarus, Switz.
Died:
Feb. 28, 1572, Glarus (aged 67)
Notable Works:
“Chronicon Helveticum”
Subjects Of Study:
history of Switzerland

Gilg Tschudi (born Feb. 5, 1505, Glarus, Switz.—died Feb. 28, 1572, Glarus) was a Swiss humanist and scholar, the author of a chronicle of Swiss history that was used as a source by many subsequent writers, including Friedrich Schiller. Though a pupil of the religious reformer Huldrych Zwingli, Tschudi remained a convinced and militant Roman Catholic; and his efforts to eliminate the Zwinglians came to be known as the Tschudikrieg (“Tschudi’s War”; 1558–64). After holding several administrative posts, he became chief magistrate of Glarus. Tschudi’s enduring importance rests especially on the Chronicon Helveticum, 2 vol. (1734–36), a “Swiss Chronicle” covering ...(100 of 161 words)