LEADER 04676nam 2200709 450 001 9910827957403321 005 20230912144356.0 010 $a1-282-00983-4 010 $a9786612009839 010 $a1-4426-7332-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442673328 035 $a(CKB)2420000000003966 035 $a(EBL)3251260 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11212713 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269626 035 $a(PQKB)11180407 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417344 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600206 035 $a(DE-B1597)464351 035 $a(OCoLC)944178336 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442673328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257092 035 $a(OCoLC)884763849 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104609 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z6nxs1 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/5/417344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251260 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000003966 100 $a20160926e19951985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aContemporaries of Erasmus$hVolume 1$iA-E $ea biographical register of the renaissance and reformation /$fPeter G. Bietenholz, editor ; Thomas B. Deutscher, associate editor 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1985 215 $a1 online resource (477 p.) 300 $aIntended to accompany: Collected works of Erasmus. 1974. 311 $a0-8020-2507-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $av. 1. A-E -- v. 2. F-M -- v. 3. N-Z. 330 $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. 606 $aRenaissance$xBiography$vDictionaries 608 $aDictionaries. 608 $aDictionaries. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRenaissance$xBiography 676 $a920.04 702 $aBietenholz$b Peter G. 702 $aDeutscher$b Thomas Brian$f1949- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827957403321 996 $aContemporaries of Erasmus$91553459 997 $aUNINA