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Götz of the Iron Hand

In the early 16th century Gottfried von Berlichingen was known as Götz of the Iron Hand because after an injury and amputation, he wore a prosthesis made of sheet iron that was painted to match his skin.

Research:

Ashmore, Kevin et al. “ArtiFacts: Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen-The "Iron Hand" of the Renaissance.” Clinical orthopaedics and related research vol. 477,9 (2019): 2002-2004. doi:10.1097/CORR.0000000000000917
Beare, Mary. “Reviewed Work: The Autobiography of Götz von Berlichingen by H. S. M. Stuart and Götz von Berlichingen.” The Modern Language Review, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Apr., 1957). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3718111
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Götz von Berlichingen". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gotz-von-Berlichingen-German-knight. Accessed 26 February 2024.
Cohn, H.J. (1989). Götz von Berlichingen and the Art of Military Autobiography. In: Mulryne, J.R., Shewring, M. (eds) War, Literature and the Arts in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19734-7_2
Cohn, Henry J. “Gotz von Berlichengen and the Art of Military Autobiography.” From War, Literature and the Arts in Sixteenth-century Europe. J.R. Mulryne and Margaret Shewring, eds. Macmillan. 1989.
Dean, Sidney E. “Knight of the Iron Hand.” Medieval Warfare , JAN / FEB 2017, Vol. 6, No. 6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48578196
"Gotz von Berlichingen." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1995. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680143106/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=86100e8f. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024.
Otte, Andreas. "Lessons Learnt from Götz of the Iron Hand." Prosthesis, vol. 4, no. 3, Aug. 2022, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A746916281/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=7de2cbee. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024.
Otte, Andreas. “Letter to the Editor: ArtiFacts: Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen-The "Iron Hand" of the Renaissance.” Clinical orthopaedics and related research vol. 479,1 (2021): 210-211. doi:10.1097/CORR.0000000000001581
Otte, Andreas. “Smart Neuroprosthetics Becoming Smarter, But Not for Everyone?”EClinical Medicine. Vol. 2. August 2018. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(18)30025-7/fulltext
Otte, Andreas. 2021. "Christian von Mechel’s Reconstructive Drawings of the Second “Iron Hand” of Franconian Knight Gottfried (Götz) von Berlichingen (1480–1562)" Prosthesis 3, no. 1: 105-109. https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis3010011
Paisey, D.L. “Reviewed Work(s): Götz von Berlichingen: Mein Fehd und Handlungen (Forschungen ausWürttembergisch Franken 17).” The German Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan., 1983). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/404827
Schontal Monstery. “Gotz von Berlichengen.” https://www.zisterzienserkloster-schoental.de/en/interesting-amusing/figures/goetz-von-berlichingen
Scribner, Bob. “Reviewed Work: Götz von Berlichingen: Mein Fehd und Handlungen by Helgard Ulmschneider.” The English Historical Review, Vol. 99, No. 392 (Jul., 1984). https://www.jstor.org/stable/569600
Streissguth, Tom. "Peasants War." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Renaissance, edited by Konrad Eisenbichler, Greenhaven Press, 2008, p. 246. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3205500243/WHIC?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=bb35c509. Accessed 28 Feb. 2024.
Stuart, H.M.S., ed. “Autobiography of Götz von Berlichingen.” London, G. Duckworth, 1956.
Swain, Liz, and Susan E. Edgar. "Prosthetics." The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 5th ed., vol. 5, Gale, 2023, pp. 3058-3062. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8506400998/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a2ea618d. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024.
Weisinger, Kenneth D. “’ Götz von Berlichingen": History Writing Itself.” German Studies Review , May, 1986, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May, 1986). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1429032

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