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Theatrum, Nobilitatis. Europeae, Tabulis. Progonologicis. Praecipuorum. In. Cultiori. Christiano. Orbe. Magnatum. Et. Illustrium. Progenitores (The theater of nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the illustrious progenitors of the Christian world) is a work on the family trees of royal and noble families of Europe by the German Lutheran theologian Philipp Jakob Spener (1635‒1705). Spener was one of the founders of Pietism and is considered the father of modern heraldry and genealogy studies. He worked as a preacher in Strasbourg, Frankfurt, and Dresden, before becoming consistorial counselor in Berlin. Theatrum, Nobilitatis ...