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  1. Book ; Online: The Wise Merchant

    Vermeulen, Corinna / Post, Anna-Luna / Barlaeus, Caspar

    2019  

    Abstract: On 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the citys university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator ... ...

    Abstract On 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the citys university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator sapiens. This famous oration on the wise merchant is now considered a key text of the Dutch Golden Age. At the same time it is surrounded by misunderstandings regarding Barlaeus himself, the nascent Illustrious School, and Amsterdams merchant culture. This volume presents the first English translation and the first critical edition of the Mercator sapiens, preceded by an introduction providing historical context and a fresh interpretation of this intriguing text.Anna-Luna Post and Corinna Vermeulen shed new light on the roles of humanist scholarship and rhetoric in Hollands metropolis. Caspar Barlaeuss 1632 oration, The Wise Merchant, has often been cited but seldom read. Their edition, translation and introduction set the work into its historical context with learning, clarity and economy. - Anthony Grafton
    Keywords History (General)
    Size 1 electronic resource (120 pages)
    Publisher Amsterdam University Press
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English ; Open Access
    HBZ-ID HT020309805
    ISBN 9789048540020 ; 904854002X
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Book ; Online: Rudolph Agricola: Six Lives and Erasmus's Testimonies

    Kool, Wouter / Vermeulen, Corinna / Money, David / Akkerman, Fokke / Haskell, Yasmin / Waszink, Jan

    2012  

    Abstract: Rudolph Agricola: Six Lives and Erasmus's Testimonies The Frisian humanist Rudolph Agricola (1443-1485) is rightly famous for single-handedly bringing the Italian Renaissance to the North. Owing to his fascinating personality and many talents, he ... ...

    Abstract Rudolph Agricola: Six Lives and Erasmus's Testimonies The Frisian humanist Rudolph Agricola (1443-1485) is rightly famous for single-handedly bringing the Italian Renaissance to the North. Owing to his fascinating personality and many talents, he attracted the love and admiration of his contemporaries and the following generations. As a result, six biographies on Agricola have been preserved. The authors of these lives drew their materials from different sources and wrote their texts independently from each other. Differing vastly in rhetorical aims and methods, they provide us with a vivid image of cultural and intellectual life in the 15th century. Erasmus praised Agricolas work throughout his writings. No less than fifty testimonies from Erasmus and his correspondents are presented here. This edition of sources supplements the volume of Agricolas letters (BLN, 2002) and is preceded by an expert survey of all biographical information now at our disposal. Thus it fills a gap in our knowledge of a great man of letters, while correcting a number of persistent misconceptions (concerning the year of Agricolas birth, for instance)
    Keywords History (General)
    Size 1 electronic resource (264 p.)
    Publisher Koninklijke van Gorcum
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English ; Open Access
    HBZ-ID HT020087773
    ISBN 9789023250722 ; 9023250729
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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