Niklaus Manuel Deutsch
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Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, of Bern, was a Swiss artist, writer, mercenary and Reformed politician.
Self-portrait of Niklaus Manuel, c. 1515
Swiss mercenary, with a scene of the assault on Castellazzo (1513/4)
Swiss mercenary (1513/4)
Beheading of John the Baptist (1513/4)
Bern Minster
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Bern Minster is a Swiss Reformed cathedral in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100.6 m, was only completed in
Niklaus Manuel Deutsch
…disenchanted with the warmongering of the pope in the Italian Wars. He campaigned for the reformed cause in Bern with Berchtold Haller, the priest at St Vincent Münster. He wrote two anti-catholic (anti-papist) carnival plays or Fasnachtsspiele, performed in 1522. The plays were very popular and are said to have done…
Berner Münster viewed from Kirchenfeldbrücke.
View of the tower showing the lower and upper octagons
Front view of the Bern cathedral during outside renovations
The interior of the Minster has been very austere since the iconoclasm of the 16th century