Humanism in France
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Renaissance humanism began to develop in France in the 15th century, after the Hundred Years' War between France and England ended, and spreading from Italy, but did not become a distinct movement unt
François Rabelais
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples
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Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples was a French theologian and a leading figure in French humanism. He was a precursor of the Protestant movement in France. The "d'Étaples" was not part of his name as such, bu
Humanism in France
…of the Scriptures with the study of the classics and exclaimed of the Gospel of John, "What is it, if not the almost perfect sanctuary of the truth!" Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples studied at the Universities of Paris, Pavia, Padua and Cologne and, for longer or shorter periods, tarried in the greater Italian cities. He knew Greek…
Engraving by Hendrik Hondius I, 1602
First page of the Introductorium astronomicum, 1517
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