Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World

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Edited by: Philip Ford (†), Jan Bloemendal and Charles Fantazzi

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With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences.

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Bembo, Pietro

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Author(s): Fantazzi, Charles
¶ As has often been pointed out, 23 June 1491 was an important date in the life of Pietro Bembo (1470–1547). He was twenty-one years old, and Pico della Mirandola and Poliziano had stopped at the Bembo…

Beza, Theodorus

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Author(s): Ledegang-Keegstra, J. L. R.
¶ Theodorus Beza or Théodore de Bèze (1519–1605) was born in Vezelay (Burgundy) on 24 June 1519. His father belonged to the lower nobility of Nevers. At the insistence of his uncle Nicolas de Bèze he w…