Crossbowman

[Helmut Winkler]

Regarding the term "German" for the epoch in question: it looks like that it is well-established jargon even in academia. I am currently reading "White Magic, Black Magic in the European renaissance" by Paola Zambelli (most interesting book!), and she consistently uses words such as "German" and "Germany". She even calls Paracelsus a "German" author.

I think you should take a look what language P. was writimg in and where he was born and died and that one of his main achievements was writing in German and not in Latin, I mean I would call Dostojewski Russian. P.Z. uses quite correct terms.