Franciscus Irenicus, byname of Franz Friedlieb (1494/1495 – 1553) was a German humanist, Protestant reformer and historian. He was born in Ettlingen and died in Gemmingen. He studied at the famous Latin school in Pforzheim, where Philipp Melanchthon was a fellow student in 1508-09. As a patriotic humanist he describes Germany in twelve books: , which appeared in Hagenau in 1518. References Melanchthon, Philipp, Corpus Reformatorum, eds. K. Bretschneider and H. Bindseil, 28 vols (Halle: Schwetschke, 1834–60). External links Ortelius Bibliography 1490s births 1553 deaths Year of birth uncertain German Renaissance humanists 16th-century German historians People from the Margraviate of Baden German male non-fiction writers