Dinner with the Greatest Man on Earth, or, Erasmus’s Sword and d’Alviano’s Pen
Late in his life, Desiderius Erasmus recalled a dinner invitation that he once received from the mercenary captain Bartolomeo d’Alviano (1455-1515). At the time, Erasmus was in Venice working with Aldus Manutius on the 1508 edition of his Adages, and d’Alviano was captain general of Venice’s army. A...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2020
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 983-1008 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
MILITARY personnel
B Renaissance B ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536 B REPUBLIC of Venice, 697-1797 B D'ALVIANO, Bartolomeo B Scholars |