Hutten, Ulrich von
German humanist and knight. His early writings divided between his outspoken attacks on Duke Ulrich of Württemberg and his outspoken support for the cause of humanist bonae litterae/good letters. In particular, he was instrumental in the satirical Epistolae obscurorum virorum/Letters of Obscure Men (1515) attacking Johann Reuchlin's opponents. However, he took Erasmian criticisms of the church further and, when the Luther affair began, became a vigorous supporter of Martin Luther.
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