Johannes Spies

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Johannes Spies was a 16th-century German printer and publisher in Frankfurt, best known for issuing the influential 1587 chapbook on the legend of Doctor Faustus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern printer
human
printer
publisher
activeInCentury 16th century
associatedWith German book trade in Frankfurt
basedIn Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
contributedTo development of the Faust legend
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
ethnicGroup German
fieldOfWork printing
publishing
genre chapbook
popular literature
hasGender male
influenced Christopher Marlowe’s "Doctor Faustus" (indirectly via the Faustbuch) NERFINISHED
later Faust literature
languageOfWorkOrName German
notability issued the influential 1587 chapbook on Doctor Faustus
notableWork 1587 Faustbuch
Historia von D. Johann Fausten NERFINISHED
occupation printer
publisher
placeOfActivity Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
printedGenre popular chapbooks
religious literature
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1587
subjectOfWork Doctor Faustus legend
timePeriod Reformation era
early modern period
workLocation Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
workUsedAsSourceFor later Faust adaptations

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Spies hasNotableBearer Johannes Spies