[Revised entry by Richard J. Oosterhoff on February 24, 2025.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Jacques Lefevre d’Etaples (c. 1450 – 1536) taught philosophy at the University of Paris from around 1490 to 1508, and then applied his erudition and textual scholarship to biblical studies and religious reform. Lefevre traveled to Italy in 1491, 1500, and 1507. On his first journey, he sought out Ermolao Barbaro, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Marsilio Ficino, Angelo Poliziano, and other famous humanists. He himself became famous for the many introductions, commentaries, and editions relating to…
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