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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Albert Krantz (c. 1450–1517)

Krantz, Albert (kränts). A German historian; born in Hamburg, about 1450; died there, Dec. 7, 1517. His historical works are distinguished by great erudition, and a critical spirit rarely found in his day. He published: ‘Vandalia, or the History of the Vandals’ (1519); ‘Saxonia’ (1520); ‘Chronicles of the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway’ (1545); ‘Metropolis, or History of the Church in Saxony’ (1548).