The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz is a Rosicrucian allegorical romance first published anonymously at Strasbourg in 1616, and this record states its authorship question honestly: Johann Valentin Andreae's later claim to have written it, made in old age and describing the work as a ludibrium, a jest, is the main direct evidence for the attribution rather than a settled fact established at the time of publication. As a primary text of the early Rosicrucian corpus it is authoritative for its own allegorical content and imagery, checkable directly against the text, not for a resolved account of who wrote it or with what intent. Use it to establish what this specific Rosicrucian romance itself narrates; a claim about the historical Rosicrucian movement's actual membership, aims or later development needs a dedicated scholarly history of Rosicrucianism addressing that question, since this primary text is evidence only for its own content.
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An anonymously published 1616 Rosicrucian allegory later claimed, in old age, by Johann Valentin Andreae, who called it a jest, cited as the tradition's own foundational romance rather than as an outside historical account of the movement. NotesPublished anonymously; Andreae's later claim to authorship, made in old age and calling the work a ludibrium (a jest), is the main direct evidence for attribution.
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AuthorAttributed to Johann Valentin Andreae
PublisherLazare Zetzner
First printed by Lazare Zetzner at Strasbourg, 1616, despite its original anonymous publication. Publication Year1616
Source TypeBook (primary)
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Secret Societies, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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