emphasis on learning the practical sciences. His most important work, Adolescentia (1500), was intended to supplement Isidoneus. Here he set forth the ethical side of his pedagogical scheme. The troubles of the Church spring from the bad training of the young; consequently, young people must be trained so as to be well-established in morals. He then discusses the details of twenty laws for young men. He showed himself a fiery patriot in the Germanic (1501), which involved him in a feud with Murner. His Epitome rerum germanicarum (1505) is a short history of the Germans, drawn in some particulars from other historians. In several writings he opposed abuses in the Church. Wimpfeling bequeathed several of his books and manuscripts to the Humanist Library of Sélestat, where they are still kept today. References Charles Schmidt, Histoire litteraire de l'Alsace (Paris, 1879), I, 1–187; II, 317–39 Joseph Knepper, Jakob Wimpfeling (Freiburg, 1902) External links 1450 births 1528 deaths 15th-century German writers 16th-century German writers 16th-century German male writers German Renaissance humanists Christian humanists Heidelberg University alumni People from Sélestat University of Erfurt alumni