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019 _a(OCoLC)1013937334
019 _a(OCoLC)1037980909
019 _a(OCoLC)1041999459
019 _a(OCoLC)1046618797
019 _a(OCoLC)1047003225
019 _a(OCoLC)1049629633
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019 _a(OCoLC)1399979756
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020 _a9781442673328
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024 7 _a10.3138/9781442673328
_2doi
035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442673328
035 _a(DE-B1597)464351
035 _a(OCoLC)944178336
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
_erda
050 4 _aPA8500
_b1974 Suppl. v.1eb
072 7 _aHIS037020
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a920/.04
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aContemporaries of Erasmus :
_bA Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation, Volume 1 - A-E /
_ced. by Thomas B. Deutscher, P.G. Bietenholz.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1996]
264 4 _c©1985
300 _a1 online resource (462 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
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506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aThe remarkable breadth of Erasmus' contacts throughout his life is reflected in this unique, informative three-volume biographical dictionary. Together, these fully illustrated volumes will contain information about more than 1900 people mentioned in his correspondence and other writings.Differing substantially from the national biographical dictionaries which restrict themselves to major figures, these volumes combine the famous with the obscure: the Dutch pope, Adrian VI, appears next to Adrianus, a messenger who carried letters between Erasmus in Paris and Jacob Batt, a tutor in Toumehem. A random sampling includes the infamous Pope Alexander VI; Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn; Andrea Alciati, the interpreter of Roman law, whose chief fame rests on the creation of the Renaissance emblem book; Luther's wife, Katharine von Bora; Albrecht Durer, portraitist of Erasmus; Emperor Charles V; and Etienne Dolet, accused of blasphemy and sedition, who was tortured and hanged and his books burned publicly.Biographies of loyal friends of Erasmus, like Pieter Gillis, clerk of the city of Antwerp, are interspersed with those of his critics and enemies, such as Guillaume Farel, whom Erasmus characterized as insane and a seditious liar. The famous and infamous ? Henry VIII, Machiavelli, Francis I, Pope Julius II, Isabella of Castille, and many more ? appear next to the not so familiar, but no less intriguing. Cassandra Fedele, implicated in a scandal involving counterfeit money, who survived shipwreck in the Mediterranean and ended life as the superintendent of a hospital in Venice.The cast of characters is a Who's Who of the period: painters like Holbein and Metsys; the printer Aldo Manuzio; Bishop John Fisher, martyred for opposition to Henry VIII's divorce; Martin Luther and his parents; the knight Ulrich von Hutten; and dynastic families such as the wealth Fuggers of Bavaria and the Medicis, including Lorenzo the Magnificent (patron of Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci), the petulant Alessandro, the extravagant Cardinal Ippolito, and Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino (to whom Machiavelli dedicated The Print. A fascinating array of characters brings this turbulent period of history vividly to life. Contemporaries of Erasmus will not only intrigue the general reader; it will be indispensable for those who have searched in vain for a biographical dictionary covering this period.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aReformation
_vBiography
_vDictionaries.
650 0 _aRenaissance
_vBiography
_vDictionaries.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Renaissance.
_2bisacsh
700 1 _aBietenholz, P.G.
_ecuratore
700 1 _aDeutscher, Thomas B.
_ecuratore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442673328
856 4 2 _3Cover
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442673328/original
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