JOHANNES PHILIPPI
(Johannes Sleidanus)
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SLEIDANUS, JOHANNES (Johannes Philippi; 1506–1556), German historian. Johannes Sleidanus was a diplomat, scholar, translator, historian, and finally official historiographer of the Lutheran party—that is, of the Schmalkaldic League—who left the most authoritative account of the Lutheran Reformation in its political as well as religious aspects.